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Energy and Environment Series
Materials Challenges
Edited by
Stuart J C Irvine
Stuart J C Irvine
OpTIC Technium, UK
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Hardback ISBN:
978-1-84973-187-4
PDF ISBN:
978-1-84973-346-5
EPUB ISBN:
978-1-78262-341-0
Special Collection:
2014 ebook collection
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ECCC Environmental eBooks 1968-2022
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2011-2015 environmental chemistry subject collection
Series:
Energy and Environment
No. of Pages:
343
Publication date:
25 Nov 2014
Book Chapter
Chapter 2: Fundamentals of Thin Film PV Cells
By
Stuart J. C. Irvine
;
Stuart J. C. Irvine
Centre for Solar Energy Research, OpTIC, Glyndŵr University
St Asaph Business Park
St Asaph LL17 OJD
UK
[email protected]
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Vincent Barrioz
Vincent Barrioz
Centre for Solar Energy Research, OpTIC, Glyndŵr University
St Asaph Business Park
St Asaph LL17 OJD
UK
[email protected]
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Published:25 Nov 2014
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Special Collection: 2014 ebook collection , ECCC Environmental eBooks 1968-2022 , 2011-2015 environmental chemistry subject collectionSeries: Energy and Environment
Page range:
27 - 52
Citation
S. J. C. Irvine and V. Barrioz, in Materials Challenges, ed. S. J. C. Irvine, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2014, ch. 2, pp. 27-52.
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This chapter sets out the science behind thin film photovoltaic (PV) materials, the fundamentals of the PV effect and requirements from a material point of view. It provides the basis for the reader to reach an understanding of the solar energy available for a PV solar cell to convert to electricity. The fundamental limitations of the absorbing material within a single junction solar cell, due to its characteristics and in particular its bandgap energy, are described. The material and device design opportunities to go beyond the limits of single junction solar cells are also introduced.
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