Download or read book Theory of Graded Bandgap Thin Film Solar Cells written by Faiz Ahmad and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thin-film solar cells are cheap and easy to manufacture but require improvements as their efficiencies are low compared to that of the commercially dominant crystalline-silicon solar cells. An optoelectronic model is formulated and implemented along with the differential evolution algorithm to assess the efficacy of grading the bandgap of the CIGS, CZTSSe, and AlGaAs photon-absorbing layer for optimizing the power-conversion efficiency of thin-film CIGS, CZTSSe, and AlGaAs solar cells, respectively, in the two-terminal single-junction format. Each thin-film solar cell is modeled as a photonic device as well as an electronic device. Solar cells with two (or more) photon-absorbing layers can also be handled using the optolelectronic model, whose results will stimulate experimental techniques for bandgap grading to enable ubiquitous small-scale harnessing of solar energy.
Download or read book Next Generation Multilayer Graded Bandgap Solar Cells written by A. A. Ojo and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-08-16 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will guide Photovoltaics researchers in a new way of thinking about harvesting light energy from all wavelengths of the solar spectrum. It closes the gap between general solar cells books and photovoltaics journal articles, by focusing on the latest developments in our understanding of solid-state device physics. The material presented is experimental and based on II-VI thin-film materials, mainly CdTe-based solar cells. The authors describe the use of new device design, based on multilayer graded bandgap configuration, using CdTe-based solar cells. The authors also explain how the photo-generated currents can be enhanced using multi-step charge carrier production. The possibility of fabricating these devices using low-cost and scalable electroplating is demonstrated. The value of electroplating for large area electronic devices such as PV solar panels, display devices and nano-technology devices are also demonstrated. By enabling new understanding of the engineering of electroplated semiconductor materials and providing an overview of the semiconductor physics and technology, this practical book is ideal to guide researchers, engineers, and manufacturers on future solar cell device designs and fabrications. Discusses in detail the processes of growths, treatments, solar cell device fabrication and solid state physics, improving readers’ understanding of fundamental solid state physics; Enables future improvements in CdTe-based device efficiency; Explains the significance of defects in deposited semiconductor materials and interfaces that affect the material properties and resulting device performance.
Download or read book Optoelectronic Modeling and Optimization of Graded bandgap Thin film Solar Cells written by Faiz Ahmad and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crystalline-silicon (c-Si) photovoltaic solar cells are increasingly taking over the energy production sector nowadays. Even in comparison to coal-fired and nuclear plants for generation of electricity, the cost of harnessing solar energy by photovoltaic means has gone down considerably during the last decade. However, microwatt-scale generators of electricity are needed for human progress to become effectively unconstrained by economics. Large-scale adoption of thin-film solar cells is necessary for that to happen. However, Earth-abundant materials with low toxicity and high power-conversion efficiency must be used for thin-film solar cells. A series of theoretical investigations were performed to tackle the problem of materials scarcity as well as to explore potential enhancements of power-conversion efficiency in thin-film solar cells by thinning the absorber layer, grading the bandgap in the absorber layer, and modifying the back end. Three different types of thin-film solar cells were considered: CIGS, CZTSSe, and AlGaAs. The bandgap of the absorber layer was varied either sinusoidally or linearly. The thickness of the absorber layer was varied from 100 nm to 2200 nm. Back-end modifications incorporating a periodically corrugated backreflector and a back-surface passivation layer were considered as well. A coupled optoelectronic model was used along with the differential evolution algorithm to maximize the efficiency in relation to geometric and bandgap-grading parameters. Furthermore, as colored solar cells can promote large-scale adoption of rooftop solar cells, efficiency loss due to color-rejection filters was estimated. The coupled optoelectronic optimization predicted that tailored bandgap grading could significantly improve efficiency for all three considered thin-film solar cells. For CIGS solar cells with a 2200-nm-thick absorber layer, an efficiency of 27.7% was predicted with a sinusoidally graded bandgap absorber layer along with back-end modifications in comparison to 22% efficiency achieved experimentally with a homogeneous CIGS absorber layer. An efficiency of 21.7% was predicted with sinusoidal grading of a 870-nm-thick absorber CZTSSe layer in comparison to 12.6% efficiency achieved experimentally with a 2200-nm-thick homogeneous CZTSSe layer. Similarly, an efficiency of 34.5% was predicted through optoelectronic optimization of AlGaAs solar cells with a sinusoidally graded bandgap absorber layer along with back-end modifications in comparison to 27.6% efficiency achieved experimentally with a homogeneous AlGaAs absorber layer. For colored thin-film solar cells, predictions of the efficiency loss varied from 10% to 20%, depending upon the percentage of rejection of incoming solar photons. Thus, optoelectronic optimization by bandgap grading and back-end modifications is more than enough to swallow efficiency reduction by the rejection of a certain percentage of incoming solar photons. Thus, the proposed design strategies provide a way to realize more efficient thin-film solar cells for the ubiquitous harnessing of solar energy at low-wattage levels, thereby promoting widespread adoption of thin-film solar cells as local energy sources. Also, cheap, small-scale off-grid generation of electricity will provide access to energy for populations living without electricity far from central grids in less-developed and developing regions of our planet, thus equalizing opportunity and decreasing income and gender gaps.
Download or read book The Preparation of Thin Film Graded Band Gap Solar Cells written by R. Radojcic and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Advances in Thin Film Solar Cells written by I M Dharmadasa and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2012-09-17 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book concentrates on the latest developments in our understanding of solid-state device physics. The material presented is mainly experimental and based on CdTe thin-film solar cells. It extends these new findings to CIGS thin-film solar cells and presents a new device design based on graded bandgap multilayer solar cells. This design has been experimentally tested using the well-researched GaAs/AlGaAs system and initial devices have shown impressive device parameters. These devices are capable of absorbing all radiation (UV, visible, and infra-red) within the solar spectrum and combines "impact ionization" and "impurity photovoltaic" effects. The improved device understanding presented in this book should impact and guide future device design and low-cost thin-film solar panel manufacture.
Download or read book Solar Energy Update written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book SERI Photovoltaic Advanced Research and Development Bibliography 1982 1985 written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells written by Arvind Victor Shah and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2010-08-19 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photovoltaic technology has now developed to the extent that it is close to fulfilling the vision of a "solar-energy world," as devices based on this technology are becoming efficient, low-cost and durable. This book provides a comprehensive treatment of thin-film silicon, a prevalent PV material, in terms of its semiconductor nature, startin
Download or read book Metamaterial Electromagnetic Wave Absorbers written by Willie J. Padilla and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Electromagnetic metamaterials are a family of shaped periodic materials which achieve extraordinary scattering properties that are difficult or impossible to achieve with naturally occurring materials. This book focuses on one such feature of electromagnetic metamaterials—the theory, properties, and applications of the absorption of electromagnetic radiation. We have written this book for undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and practitioners, covering the background and tools necessary to engage in the research and practice of metamaterial electromagnetic wave absorbers in various fundamental and applied settings. Given the growing impact of climate change, the call for innovations that can circumvent the use of conventional energy sources will be increasingly important. As we highlight in Chapter 6, the absorption of radiation with electromagnetic metamaterials has been used for energy harvesting and energy generation, and will help to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. Other applications ranging from biochemical sensing to imaging are also covered. We hope this book equips interested readers with the tools necessary to successfully engage in applied metamaterials research for clean, sustainable energy. This book consists of six chapters. Chapter 1 provides an introduction and a brief history of electromagnetic wave absorbers; Chapter 2 focuses on several theories of perfect absorbers; Chapter 3 discusses the scattering properties achievable with metamaterial absorbers; Chapter 4 provides significant detail on the fabricational processes; Chapter 5 discusses examples of dynamical absorbers; and Chapter 6 highlights applications of metamaterial absorbers.
Download or read book Energy Research Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Handbook of the Physics of Thin Film Solar Cells written by Karl W. Böer and published by Springer Science & Business. This book was released on 2014-04-23 with total page 893 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook is a compendium giving a comprehensive description of the basics of semiconductor physics relevant to the design and analysis of thin film solar cell materials. It starts from the basics of material science, describing the material and its growth, defect and electrical properties, the basics of its interaction with photons and the involved statistics, proceeding to space charge effects in semiconductors and pn-junctions. Most attention is given to analyze homo- and hetero-junction solar cells using various models and applying the field-of-direction analysis for discussing current voltage characteristics, and helping to discover the involvement of high-field effects in solar cells. The comprehensive coverage of the main topics of - and relating to - solar cells with extensive reference to literature helps scientists and engineers at all levels to reach a better understanding and improvement of solar cell properties and their production. The author is one of the founders of thin film solar cell research.
Download or read book CulnSe2 Based Solar Cells Simulation of Graded Bandgap Options and Materials Measurements written by Ajay Dhingra and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Solar Cells written by Leonid A. Kosyachenko and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2015-10-22 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains chapters in which the problems of modern photovoltaics are considered. The majority of the chapters provide an overview of the results of research and development of different types of solar cells. Such chapters are completed by a justification for a new solar cell structure and technology. Of course, highly effective solar energy conversion is impossible without an in-depth examination of the solar cell components as physical materials. The relations between structural, thermodynamic, and optical properties of the physical material without addressing the band theory of solids are of both theoretical and practical interest. Requirements formulated for the material are also to be used for maximally efficient conversion of solar radiation into useful work.
Download or read book Energy a Continuing Bibliography with Indexes written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 890 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book ERDA Energy Research Abstracts written by United States. Energy Research and Development Administration and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 1080 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book ERDA Energy Research Abstracts written by United States. Energy Research and Development Administration. Technical Information Center and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 1682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Computer Analysis of Heterojunction and Graded Bandgap Solar Cells written by Joseph Edward Sutherland and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
