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Nanotechnology for Photovoltaics (Paperback)
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Current concerns regarding greenhouse gas-related environmental
effects, energy security, and the rising costs of fossil fuel-based
energy has renewed interest in solar energy in general and
photovotaics in particular. Exploring state-of-the-art developments
from a practical point of view, Nanotechnology for Photovoltaics
examines issues in increasing efficiency, decreasing costs, and how
these two goals can be achieved in a single photovoltaic device. It
provides fundamental background and places research approaches
within the proper physical context as related to photovoltaics
performance enhancement. The book reviews the applications of
devices and their performance requirements, followed by coverage of
thin films and advanced band structure concepts for obtaining
efficiencies above the Shockley-Queisser single bandgap efficiency
limit of ~31%. The editor and contributors also discuss the basic
optical properties of nanostructured materials as related to
photovoltaics applications and describes nanoscale optoelectronic
device physics related to performance. They then explore recent
literature in the application of various classes of nanostructures
to photovoltaics. The book covers solar cells based on hybrid
organic-inorganic nanocomposites structures, quantum wells,
nanowires/tubes, and quantum dots. It also discusses the use of
nanoparticles/quantum dots to enhance the performance of
conventional solar cells and luminescent solar concentrators. Each
chapter summarizes the historical development for the nanostructure
class under consideration, applications beyond photovoltaics, and
the major synthetic methods, followed by a critique of leading
works that have employed the particular nanostructure type. The
book examines the advantages of each nanostructure approach and the
remaining technical challenges, with an emphasis on possible future
areas of research interest. It concludes with a summary of the
major
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