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This book reviews the current status of semiconductor materials for
conversion of sunlight to electricity, and highlights advances in
both basic science and manufacturing. Photovoltaic (PV) solar
electric technology will be a significant contributor to world
energy supplies when reliable, efficient PV power products are
manufactured in large volumes at low cost. Expert chapters cover
the full range of semiconductor materials for solar-to-electricity
conversion, from crystalline silicon and amorphous silicon to
cadmium telluride, copper indium gallium sulfide selenides, dye
sensitized solar cells, organic solar cells, and environmentally
friendly copper zinc tin sulfide selenides. The latest methods for
synthesis and characterization of solar cell materials are
described, together with techniques for measuring solar cell
efficiency. Semiconductor Materials for Solar Photovoltaic Cells
presents the current state of the art as well as key details about
future strategies to increase the efficiency and reduce costs, with
particular focus on how to reduce the gap between laboratory scale
efficiency and commercial module efficiency. This book will aid
materials scientists and engineers in identifying research
priorities to fulfill energy needs, and will also enable
researchers to understand novel semiconductor materials that are
emerging in the solar market. This integrated approach also gives
science and engineering students a sense of the excitement and
relevance of materials science in the development of novel
semiconductor materials. * Provides a comprehensive introduction to
solar PV cell materials * Reviews current and future status of
solar cells with respect to cost and efficiency * Covers the full
range of solar cell materials, from silicon and thin films to dye
sensitized and organic solar cells * Offers an in-depth account of
the semiconductor material strategies and directions for further
research * Features detailed tables on the world leaders in
efficiency demonstrations * Edited by scientists with experience in
both research and industry
This book reviews the current status of semiconductor materials for
conversion of sunlight to electricity, and highlights advances in
both basic science and manufacturing. Photovoltaic (PV) solar
electric technology will be a significant contributor to world
energy supplies when reliable, efficient PV power products are
manufactured in large volumes at low cost. Expert chapters cover
the full range of semiconductor materials for solar-to-electricity
conversion, from crystalline silicon and amorphous silicon to
cadmium telluride, copper indium gallium sulfide selenides, dye
sensitized solar cells, organic solar cells, and environmentally
friendly copper zinc tin sulfide selenides. The latest methods for
synthesis and characterization of solar cell materials are
described, together with techniques for measuring solar cell
efficiency. Semiconductor Materials for Solar Photovoltaic Cells
presents the current state of the art as well as key details about
future strategies to increase the efficiency and reduce costs, with
particular focus on how to reduce the gap between laboratory scale
efficiency and commercial module efficiency. This book will aid
materials scientists and engineers in identifying research
priorities to fulfill energy needs, and will also enable
researchers to understand novel semiconductor materials that are
emerging in the solar market. This integrated approach also gives
science and engineering students a sense of the excitement and
relevance of materials science in the development of novel
semiconductor materials. * Provides a comprehensive introduction to
solar PV cell materials * Reviews current and future status of
solar cells with respect to cost and efficiency * Covers the full
range of solar cell materials, from silicon and thin films to dye
sensitized and organic solar cells * Offers an in-depth account of
the semiconductor material strategies and directions for further
research * Features detailed tables on the world leaders in
efficiency demonstrations * Edited by scientists with experience in
both research and industry
This multidisciplinary volume, the first of its kind, presents an
account of China's contemporary transformation via one of its most
important yet overlooked cities: Shenzhen, located just north of
Hong Kong. In recent decades, Shenzhen has transformed from an
experimental site for economic reform into a dominant city at the
crossroads of the global economy. The first of China's special
economic zones, Shenzhen is today a UNESCO City of Design and the
hub of China's emerging technology industries. Bringing China
studies into dialogue with urban studies, the contributors explore
how the post-Mao Chinese appropriation of capitalist logic led to a
dramatic remodeling of the Chinese city and collective life in
China today. These essays show how urban villages and informal
institutions enabled social transformation through cases of public
health, labor, architecture, gender, politics, education, and more.
Offering scholars and general readers alike an unprecedented look
at one of the world's most dynamic metropolises, this collective
history uses the urban case study to explore critical problems and
possibilities relevant for modern-day China and beyond.
In the Guangdong province in southeastern China lies Dafen, a
village that houses thousands of workers who paint Van Goghs, Da
Vincis, Warhols, and other Western masterpieces, producing an
astonishing five million paintings a year. To write about life and
work in Dafen, Winnie Wong infiltrated this world, investigating
the claims of conceptual artists who made projects there; working
as a dealer; apprenticing as a painter; surveying merchants in
Europe, Asia, and America; establishing relationships with local
leaders; and organizing a conceptual art show for the Shanghai
World Expo. The result is Van Gogh on Demand, a fascinating book
about a little-known aspect of the global art world - one that
sheds surprising light on our understandings of art, artists, and
individual genius. Confronting difficult questions about the
definition of art, the ownership of an image, and the meaning of
imitation and appropriation, Wong shows how a plethora of artistic
practices joins Chinese migrant workers, propaganda makers, and
international artists together in a global supply chain of art and
creativity. She examines how Berlin-based conceptual artist
Christian Jankowski, who collaborated with Dafen's painters to
reimagine the Dafen Art Museum, unwittingly appropriated a
photojournalist's intellectual property. She explores how Zhang
Huan, a radical performance artist from Beijing's East Village,
prompted propaganda makers to heroize the female artists of Dafen
village. Through these cases, Wong shows how Dafen's workers force
us to reexamine our expectations about the cultural function of
creativity and imitation, and the role of Chinese workers in
redefining global art. Providing a valuable account of art
practices in a period of profound global cultural shifts and an
ascendant China, Van Gogh on Demand is a rich and detailed look at
the implications of a world that can offer countless copies of
everything that has ever been called "art."
This book provides the in-depth information, exercises, and
worksheets that will provide readers with the tools to become
successful, enlightened filmmakers. Most novices are unaware of the
business aspects of the film world or that producing Hollywood
films will involve contracts, budget constraints, personnel,
scheduling, legal issues, insurance, and safety regulations. Many
first time filmmakers spend all their time on their creative
endeavors and often forget to establish production management
strategies or consider business ethics as integral parts of the
process. In many cases the result is litigation or insurance
problems that can lead to financial hardship and/or the inability
to distribute the film. The book includes a companion CD-ROM
containing the forms and documents covered in the text. Solutions
to exercises and PowerPoint slides are available to instructors.
Brief Table of Contents: 1: Evolution of Studio Work Methods 2:
Film Crew 3: Deal Memos/Contract 4: Unions and Guild Associations
5: SAG Contracts 6: Locations 7: Locations 8: Equipment/Prop
Rentals 9: Production Scheduling 10: The Budget 11: Dealing with
Accounting Issues 12: Production Attorneys 13: Production Insurance
14: Safety 15: Production Checklists"
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