Photovoltaic Solar Energy Generation - Goetzberger, Adolf; Lotsch, H.K.V.; Hoffmann, Volker U.; Rhodes, William T.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2005)
1. What is photovoltaics? -- 2. Physics of solar cells -- 3. Silicon solar cell material and technology -- 4. Crystalline thin-film silicon -- 5. Other materials, new concepts, and future developments -- 6. Solar cells and solar modules -- 7. PV systems -- 8. PV systems : installation possibilities -- 9. Environmental impacts by PV systems -- 10. Efficiency and performance of PV systems -- 11. PV markets support measures and costs -- 12. The future of PV -- 13. Other (perhaps competing) COb2(B-free energy sources --s 14. Popular killing arguments against PV and why they are not valid.
Keywords: Photovoltaic power generation; Solar cells; Physics; Optical and Electronic Materials; Electrical Power Generation and Transmission; Physics and Applied Physics in Engineering; Laser Technology and Physics, Photonics; Applied Optics, Optoelectronics, Optical Devices; Condensed Matter