Handbook of Photovoltaic Silicon

The utilization of sun light is one of the hottest topics in sustainable energy research. To efficiently convert sun power into a reliable energy – electricity – for consumption and storage, silicon and its derivatives have been widely studied and applied in solar cell systems. This handbook covers the photovoltaics of silicon materials and devices, providing a comprehensive summary of the state of the art of photovoltaic silicon sciences and technologies. 
This work is divided into various areas including but not limited to fundamental principles, design methodologies, wafering techniques/fabrications, characterizations, applications, current research trends and challenges.   
It offers the most updated and self-explanatory reference to all levels of students and acts as a quick reference to the experts from the fields of chemistry, material science, physics, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, solar energy, etc..

Dr. Deren Yang, a Cheung Kong Professor, is the director of the State Key Lab of Silicon Materials (since 2009-), and the director of the Institute for Semiconductor Materials (since 2007-) at Zhejiang University, China. He is the chief scientist of a National Key Project for Basic Research of China.
He is vice director of China Photovoltaic Association. He is also the member of Disciplinary Evaluation Sub-committee of Academic Degree Committee of the Chinese State Council, the member of Expert Committee of Chinese Keystone Special Project for IC Process, Equipments and Materials, the member of Board of Chinese Renewable Energy Association, the member of Board of Chinese Crystal Association, the member of SEMI China PV technical Committee.
He received his bachelor in 1985 and his Ph. D. degree in 1991 from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the State Key Lab of Silicon materials at Zhejiang University. In 1990’s, he worked in Japan, Germany and Sweden as avisiting researcher. In 2000, he was specially promoted by Ministry of Education of China as a Cheung Kong Professor. He received the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars in China in 2002, and won Award of Chinese Young Science and Technology in 2006.
He has engaged in the research of silicon materials used for microelectronic devices, solar cells and nano-devices. He have authored 11 books (4 in English), and edited 5 proceedings of the international conferences. He has published over 550 research papers in peer-reviewed journals like AM, Nano Lett., JACS, APL, PRB and et al, which have been cited more than 5200 times by researchers in other groups. His H index is 41. He holds 93 patents. He chaired or co-chaired more than 14 international conferences or symposia, and was appointed as the member of international adviser (program) committee of more than 40 international conferences or symposia. He presented more than 40 invited talks in international conferences or symposia. He is the member of editor board of 8 journals including 3 international journals.