Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells

Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-87849-185-8
Verlag: Trans Tech Publications

Sonstiges, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 125 mm x 142 mm, Gewicht: 200 g

The world of today must face up to two contradictory energy problems: on the one hand, there is the sharply growing consumer demand in countries such as China and India. On the other hand, natural resources are dwindling. Moreover, many of those countries which still possess substantial gas and oil supplies are politically unstable. As a result, renewable natural energy sources have received great attention. Among these, solar-cell technology is one of the most promising candidates. However, there still remains the problem of the manufacturing costs of such cells. Many attempts have been made to reduce the production costs of ?conventional? solar cells (manufactured from monocrystalline silicon using diffusion methods) by instead using cheaper grades of silicon, and simpler pn-junction fabrication. That is the ?hero? of this book; the heterojunction solar cell.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fahrner, W.R.

Muehlbauer, M.

Neitzert, H.C.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1.1 Physical Background1.2 HIT Cell Manufacturing1.3 Solar Cell Parameters2.1 Monocrystalline Silicon as Absorber Material2.2 Special Emitter Layers on Monocrystalline Silicon Absorbers2.3 Polycrystalline, Microcrystalline and Porous Silicon Absorber Materials2.4 Heterojunction solar cells with amorphous silicon absorber2.5 Silicon Tandem Solar Cell with HeterojunctionsFuture Prospects of the Heterojunction Solar Cell Development