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Title Advanced Characterization of Thin Film Solar Cells / edited by Mowafak Al-Jassim and Nancy Haegel.

Publication Info. Stevenage Institution of Engineering and Technology 2020.
©2020

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 440 pages) : illustrations (mostly color).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series IET energy engineering series ; 166
IET energy engineering series ; 166.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : motivation of polycrystalline thin-film solar cells / Wyatt Metzger -- Patterns in the control of CdTe solar cell performance / Ken Durose -- Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ and related materials / Angus Rockett -- Perovskite solar cells / Fei Zhang and Kai Zhu -- Photovoltaic device modeling : a multi-scale, multi-physics approach / Marco Nardone -- Luminescence and thermal imaging of thin-film photovoltaic materials, devices, and modules / Dana B. Sulas-Kern and Steve Johnston -- Application of spatially resolved spectroscopy characterization techniques on Cu₂ZnSnSe₄ solar cells / Qiong Chen and Yong Zhang -- Time-resolved photoluminescence characterization of polycrystalline thin-film solar cells / Darius Kuciauskas -- Fundamentals of electrical material and device spectroscopies applied to thin-film polycrystalline chalcogenide solar cells / Michael A. Scarpulla -- Nanometer-scale characterization of thin-film solar cells by atomic force microscopy-based electrical probes / Chen-Shange Jiang -- STEM characterization of solar cells / Jinglong Guo, Tadas Paulauskas and Robert F. Klie -- Photoelectron spectroscopy methods in solar cell research / Glenn Teeter and Phililp Schulz -- Time-of-flight secondary-ion mass spectrometry and atom probe tomography / Steven P. Harvey and Oana Cojocaru-Mirédin -- Solid-state NMR characterization for PV applications / Elizabeth Pogue -- Summary and outlook / Daniel Abou-Ras and Steve Harvey
Intro -- Contents -- About the editors -- 1. Introduction-Motivation of polycrystalline thin-film solar cells
2.4 Processing the CdTe and its effects on device performance, microstructure and defect chemistry -- 2.4.1 Effects of chlorides on device performance -- 2.4.2 Doping in CdTe and the origins of impurities in solar cells -- 2.4.3 Grain boundaries, extended defects, metallurgical changes and electrical passivation -- 2.4.4 Metallurgical changes in CdTe upon processing with chlorides -- 2.4.5 Role of grain boundaries in solar cell operation -- 2.4.6 Alternative chloride treatments -- 2.5 Contacts to CdTe and rear surface field engineering -- 2.5.1 Contacts to p-CdTe
2.5.2 Rear surface field engineering -- electron reflectors and interface passivation layers -- 2.6 n-CdS partner layer and alternatives for it -- 2.6.1 CdS window layers -- 2.6.2 Oxide bilayers with CdS or 'high resistance transparent' layers -- 2.6.3 MZO interfacial layers -- 2.6.4 Oxygenated CdS-CdS:O -- 2.7 Devices with graded Cd(Se,Te) junctions -- 2.8 Cadmium and tellurium issues -- 2.8.1 Cadmium -- 2.8.2 Tellurium -- 2.9 Conclusions and outlook -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 3. Cu(In,Ga)Se2 and related materials
3.1.1 Optoelectronic properties of CIGS -- 3.1.2 Phases and compounds -- 3.1.3 CIGS alloys -- 3.2 CIGS devices -- 3.2.1 Overview -- 3.2.2 The back contact -- 3.2.3 The front contact -- 3.3 Intrinsic defects in CIGS -- 3.4 Extrinsic impurities in CIGS -- References -- 4. Perovskite solar cells
4.3.1 Typical device architectures of PSCs -- 4.3.2 Common device fabrication approaches -- 4.4 R&D challenges of PSCs -- 4.4.1 Stability -- 4.4.2 Material toxicity -- 4.4.3 Scaling up -- 4.5 Future research trend of PSCs -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 5. Photovoltaic device modeling: a multi-scale, multi-physics approach
Note 5.3.2 Defect kinetics: charge-induced degradation
Summary This book provides researchers with a concise overview of the status of thin-film solar cell technology and characterization. Chapters describe material systems and their properties, and then provide an in-depth look at relevant characterization methods and the learning facilitated by each of these
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Solar cells.
Solar cells.
copper compounds.
NMR spectrometers.
photoelectron spectroscopy.
photoluminescence.
scanning-transmission electron microscopy.
semiconductor thin films.
solar cells.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Al-Jassim, Mowafak, editor.
Haegel, N. M., editor.
Other Form: Print version: Haegel, Nancy Advanced Characterization of Thin Film Solar Cells Stevenage : Institution of Engineering & Technology,c2020 9781839530234
ISBN 1839530243 electronic book
9781839530241 (electronic book)
9781839530234
1839530235