Overview
- Offers a unique perspective on manufacturing technology and advanced processes to produce photovoltaic cells
- Equips the reader with an understanding of material, energy and processing requirements of the three generations of PV
- Provides an analysis on the most advanced technologies and materials to take photovoltaics from the lab to application
Part of the book series: Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation (ASTI)
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This book discusses the manufacturing processes of photovoltaic solar cells, from conventional silicon cells, to thin-film technologies and ending with the cutting-edge technologies of third-generation photovoltaics. The rapid advances in photovoltaic technologies are propelled by the discovery of new materials through innovative routes of synthesis and deposition. For example, the exponential enhancement in efficiencies of perovskite solar cells between years 2015 and 2020 is a direct result of the availability of new materials to capitalize on innovative manufacturing techniques. Currently, efficiencies of up to 25.5% are achieved by perovskite solar cells technologies.
This book is intended for scientists and engineers who are keen on having a solid understanding of conventional manufacturing processes of bulk silicon for photovoltaic purposes, as well as advanced processes used to synthesize materials for emerging photovoltaic technologies such as thin-film and third-generation PV. The book is designed to be self-contained to allow the reader to develop knowledge and experience in materials selection as well as a good understanding of pertinent manufacturing process to arrive at best device performance. The technologies presented are also analyzed for its energy and environmental impacts.
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Front Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Abdul Hai Alami
Currently a Professor at and Chairman of the Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering Program at University of Sharjah (2012-present). Professor Alami has received his Ph.D. from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, in 2006. Since then, he has held the positions at the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Hashemite University in Jordan (2006-2010) and Mechanical Engineering Faculty at the Higher Colleges of Technology, Al Ain (2010-2012). The current areas of interest of Prof Alami is the synthesis and analysis of materials used in the third-generation photovoltaic solar cells, as well as novel ways of mechanical energy storage (CAES, CGES, and buoyancy force).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: PV Technology and Manufacturing
Editors: Abdul Hai Alami
Series Title: Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31349-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-31348-6Published: 13 June 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-31351-6Due: 14 July 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-31349-3Published: 12 June 2023
Series ISSN: 2522-8714
Series E-ISSN: 2522-8722
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 174
Number of Illustrations: 22 b/w illustrations, 206 illustrations in colour
Topics: Renewable and Green Energy, Energy Systems, Renewable and Green Energy