Chalcogenide Photovoltaics: Physics, Technologies, and Thin Film Devices (Hardcover)

Preface
Symbols and Acronyms

INTRODUCTION
History of Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se), Solar Cells
History of CdTe Solar Cells
Prospects of Chalcogenide Photovoltaics

THIN FILM HETEROSTRUCTURES
Energies and Potentials
Charge Densities and Fluxes
Energy Band Diagrams
Diode Currents
Light Generated Currents
Device Analysis and Parameters

DESIGN RULES FOR HETEROSTRUCTURE SOLAR CELLS AND MODULES
Absorber Bandgap
Band Alignment
Emitter Doping and Doping Ratio
Fermi Level Pinning
Absorber Doping
Absorber Thickness
Grain Boundaries
Back Contact Barrier
Buffer Thickness
Front Surface Gradient
Back Surface Gradients
Monolithic Series Interconnection

THIN FILM MATERIAL PROPERTIES
AII-BVI Absorbers
AI-BIII-C2VI Absorbers
Buffer Layers
Window Layers
Interfaces

THIN FILM TECHNOLOGY
CdTe Cells and Modules
Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 Cells and Modules

PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTIES OF STANDARD DEVICES
CdTe Device Properties
AI-BIII-C2VI Device Properties

APPENDIX A: FREQUENTLY OBSERVED ANOMALIES
JV Curves
Colar Cell Parameters
Diode Parameters
Quantum Efficiency
Transient Effects

APPENDIX B: TABLES