The physics of solar energy conversion / Juan Bisquert.
| Author/creator | Bisquert, Juan |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2020. |
| Description | pages cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction to energy devices -- Electrostatic and thermodynamic potentials of electrons in materials -- Voltage, capacitors, and batteries -- Work functions and injection barriers -- Thermal distribution of electrons, holes, and ions in solids -- Interfacial kinetics and hopping transitions -- The chemical capacitance -- The density of states in disordered inorganic and organic conductors -- Planar and nanostructured semiconductor junctions -- Carrier injection and drift transport -- Diffusion transport -- Drift-diffusion transport -- Transport in disordered media -- Thin film transistors -- Space-charge-limited transport -- Impedance and capacitance spectroscopies -- Blackbody radiation and light -- Light absorption, carrier recombination, and luminescence -- Optical transitions in organic and inorganic semiconductors -- Fundamental model of a solar cell -- Recombination current in the semiconductor diode -- Radiative equilibrium in a semiconductor -- Reciprocity relations in solar cells and fundamental limits to the photovoltage -- Charge separation and material limits to the photovoltage -- Operation of solar cells and fundamental limits to their performance -- Charge collection in solar cells -- Solar energy conversion concepts. |
| Abstract | "The conceptual picture of a solar cell has evolved in the last two decades, a broad landscape of candidate materials and devices were discovered and systematically studied and reported. New concepts and a rather powerful picture embracing very different types of devices has emerged from many discussions and sometimes also conceptual clashes. This handbook introduces the main physico-chemical principles that govern the operation of energy devices. The work presents an explanation of the operation of photovoltaic devices with a broad perspective that embraces concepts from nanostructured and highly disordered materials to highly efficient devices such as lead halide perovskite solar cells"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020012367 |
| ISBN | 9781138584648 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |