Photovoltaics, the direct conversion of sunlight to electricity, is now the fastest growing technology for electricity generation. Present `first generation` products use the same silicon wafers as in microelectronics. `Second generation` thin-films, now entering the market, have the potential to greatly improve the economics by eliminating material costs. Martin Green, one of the worlds foremost photovoltaic researchers, argues in this book that `second generation` photovoltaics will eventually reach its own material cost constraints, engendering a `third generation` of high performance thin-films. The book explores, self-consistently, the energy conversion potential of advanced approaches for improving photovoltaic performance and outlines possible implementation paths.


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    Title :

    Third Generation Photovoltaics : Advanced Solar Energy Conversion


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    Publication date :

    2006


    Size :

    Online-Ressource


    Remarks:

    v.: digital
    Campusweiter Zugriff (Universität Hannover). - Vervielfältigungen (z.B. Kopien, Downloads) sind nur von einzelnen Kapiteln oder Seiten und nur zum eigenen wissenschaftlichen Gebrauch erlaubt. Keine Weitergabe an Dritte. Kein systematisches Downloaden durch Robots.
    Description based upon print version of record




    Type of media :

    Book


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    BKL:    33.72 Halbleiterphysik / 53.36 Energiedirektumwandler, elektrische Energiespeicher
    DDC:    621.31244
    RVK:    ZP 3730




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