ISBN: 9781839378904
Year: 2023
Binding: HB
Price: US $ 325.00
Solar energy is a very adaptable energy technology: it may be deployed as distributed generation (placed at or near the point of consumption) or as a utility-scale solar power plant (similar to traditional power plants). Both of these approaches, when combined with cutting-edge solar + storage technology, may also store the energy they generate for distribution after the sun sets. Solar cells, or photovoltaic cells, are electrical devices that convert light energy directly into electricity via the photovoltaic effect, a physical and chemical phenomena. It is a kind of photoelectric cell, which is described as a device whose electrical properties, such as current, voltage, or resistance, change in response to illumination. Solar cell devices are often used as the electrical building blocks of photovoltaic modules, popularly referred to as solar panels. The standard single junction silicon solar cell has a maximum open-circuit voltage of between 0.5 and 0.6 volts. Solar cells are classified as photovoltaic regardless of whether they are illuminated by natural or artificial light. They may also be employed as a photodetector (for example, infrared detectors), detecting light or other electromagnetic radiation in the visible range, or for measuring light intensity.
This book elucidates new techniques and applications of renewable energy and solar cells in a multidisciplinary approach. It provides deep knowledge of the various concepts and theories of the subject. It presents a comprehensive research outlining progress on the synthesis, fabrication and application of solar cells from fundamental to device technology. It deals with performance of polymer-based solar cell, thin-film solar cell structures, inorganic nanomaterials in dye-sensitized solar cells, photon management strategies and semiconductor photoanode films for dye-sensitized solar cells. It also nanostructured silicon-based solar cells, modern technologies for creating nanostructures, metal-halide perovskite films for solar cells, self-cleaning properties for solar cells, perovskite solar cells and optical properties for dye-sensitized solar cells. While understanding the long-term perspectives of the topics, the book makes an effort in highlighting their impact as a modern tool for the growth of the discipline. It is essential reading for engineers, installers, designers, and policy-makers who need to understand the science behind the solar cells of today, and tomorrow, in order to take solar energy to the next level.