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Author:   Rolf Brendel (ZAE Bayern, Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research, Germany)
Publisher:   Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH
Imprint:   Blackwell Verlag GmbH
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 24.70cm
Weight:   0.709kg
ISBN:  

9783527403769

ISBN 10:   3527403760
Pages:   306
Publication Date:   24 January 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION PHYSICAL LOSS MECHANISMS Limitations to photogeneration Limitations to radiative recombination Limitations by non-radiative recombination ADVANCED QUANTUM EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS Definition of effective diffusion lengths Reciprocity theorem for charge carrier collection Applications of the generalized reciprocity theorem Limiting recombination parameters derived from LQ Analytical quantum efficiency model for thin films Differential and actual recombination parameters TECHNOLOCIAL APPROACH TO THIN-FILM CELLS High-temperature substrate (HTS) approach Low-temperature substrate (LTS) approach Layer-transfer process (LTP) approach WAFFLE CELLS FROM THE POROUS SI (PSI) PROCESS Expitaxy on porous Si Module concepts Optical absorption in Si waffles Efficiency potential SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS Physical limitations to power conversion Revealing the limitations of experimental cells Limitations of current thin-film approaches Overcoming technological limitations with the porous Si (PSI) process Updating Remark APPENDICES Light trapping Recombination Quantum efficiency

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In conclusion, this is probably the first book to offer a comprehensive treatment of the specific problems of thin silicon solar cells. It can be warmly recommended to those interested in the development of an emerging aspect of silicon photovoltaics. <br> Gilles Horowitz, ITODYS, UniversitA(c) Paris, <br> Advanced Materials, September 2004<br>

In conclusion, this is probably the first book to offer a comprehensive treatment of the specific problems of thin silicon solar cells. It can be warmly recommended to those interested in the development of an emerging aspect of silicon photovoltaics. Gilles Horowitz, ITODYS, Universit? Paris, Advanced Materials, September 2004

Author Information

Rolf Brendel studied Physics and Mathematics in Freiburg, Brighton (UK), and Heidelberg. After his Ph.D. in materials science at the University Erlangen-Nuremberg he worked for five years with the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart. He is the head of the division for Thermosensorics and Photovoltaics at the Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research (ZAE Bayern) and teaches Physics at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.

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