Mary D Archer

Martin A Green

The second edition of Clean Electricity from Photovoltaics, first published in 2001, provides an updated account of the underlying science, technology and market prospects for photovoltaics. All areas have advanced considerably in the decade since the first edition was published, which include: multi-crystalline silicon cell efficiencies having made impressive advances, thin-film CdTe cells having established a decisive market presence, and organic photovoltaics holding out the prospect of economical large-scale power production. Contents:The Past and Present (M D Archer)Limits to Photovoltaic Energy Conversion Efficiency (M A Green)Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells (M A Green)Thin-Film Solar Cells Based on Amorphous and Microcrystalline Silicon (C Ballif, M Despeisse and F-J Haug)Polycrystalline Cadmium Telluride Photovoltaic Devices (T A Gessert and D Bonnet)Cu(In,Ga)Se2 and Related Solar Cells (U Rau and H W Schock)Super-High-Efficiency III–V Tandem and Multijunction Cells (M Yamaguchi)Organic Photovoltaics (D Credgington)Dye- and Perovskite-Sensitised Mesoscopic Solar Cells (M Grätzel and J R Durrant)Quantum Well Solar Cells (J Nelson and N Ekins-Daukes)Concentrator Systems (I Luque-Heredia and A Luque)Photovoltaic Modules, Systems and Applications (N M Pearsall)The Photovoltaic Business: Manufacturers and Markets (A Jäger-Waldau) Readership: Physicists, chemists, material scientists, engineers, energy analysts, policy makers and other solar energy specialists. Keywords:Electricity;Photovoltaics;Cadmium;Solar Cells

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