Comprehensive Guide on Organic and Inorganic Solar Cells
Fundamental Concepts to Fabrication Methods
- 1st Edition - November 16, 2021
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Md. Akhtaruzzaman, Vidhya Selvanathan
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 5 2 9 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 8 0 7 - 6
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Request a sales quoteComprehensive Guide on Organic and Inorganic Solar Cells: Fundamental Concepts to Fabrication Methods is a one-stop, authoritative resource on all types of inorganic, organic and hybrid solar cells, including their theoretical background and the practical knowledge required for fabrication. With chapters rigorously dedicated to a particular type of solar cell, each subchapter takes a detailed look at synthesis recipes, deposition techniques, materials properties and their influence on solar cell performance, including advanced characterization methods with materials selection and experimental techniques.
By addressing the evolution of solar cell technologies, second generation thin-film photovoltaics, organic solar cells, and finally, the latest hybrid organic-inorganic approaches, this book benefits students and researchers in solar cell technology to understand the similarities, differences, benefits and challenges of each device.
- Introduces the basic concepts of different photovoltaic cells to audiences from a wide variety of academic backgrounds
- Consists of working principles of a particular category of solar technology followed by dissection of every component within the architecture
- Crucial experimental procedures for the fabrication of solar cell devices are introduced, aiding picture practical application of the technology
Undergraduate and postgraduate students in the field of physics, chemistry, engineering and material science who are seeking basic theories and evolution of solar cell technologies beyond first-generation silicon solar cells. Young academic researchers addressing fundamental questions with regards to the fabrication of each type of solar device
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Principle of photovoltaics
- Abstract
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Solar energy
- 1.3 Photovoltaic effect
- 1.4 Fundamentals of solar cells
- 1.5 Energy conversion of solar cells
- 1.6 Equivalent circuit of solar cells
- 1.7 Collection efficiency
- 1.8 Theoretical limit of efficiency
- 1.9 Classification of solar cells
- 1.10 Efficiency measurement
- 1.11 Summary
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter 2. Organic solar cells
- Abstract
- 2.1 Introduction and working principles
- 2.2 Normal and inverted device structure configurations
- 2.3 Key factors behind organic photovoltaic cell efficiency
- 2.4 Ternary strategy of organic solar cells
- 2.5 Electron transparent layer
- 2.6 Hole transport layer
- 2.7 Electrode materials
- 2.8 Fabrication techniques
- 2.9 Key challenges
- 2.10 Recommendations for future research works
- 2.11 Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 3. Introduction of inorganic solar cells
- Abstract
- 3.1 Cadmium-telluride thin film solar cells
- 3.2 Copper indium gallium diselenide thin film solar cells
- 3.3 Copper zinc tin sulfide thin film solar cells
- 3.4 Novel chalcogenides and emerging photovoltaic technologies
- Subchapter 3.1. Cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin film solar cells
- Abstract
- 3.1.1 Introduction
- References
- Subchapter 3.2. Copper indium gallium selenide solar cells
- Abstract
- 3.2.1 Introduction to copper indium gallium selenide solar cells
- 3.2.2 Copper indium gallium selenide device fabrication
- 3.2.3 Conclusion
- References
- Subchapter 3.3. CZTS solar cells
- Abstract
- 3.3.1 Introduction to CZTS thin film solar cells
- 3.3.2 CZTS device architecture and fabrication techniques
- 3.3.3 CZTS thin films by RF-sputtering from single quaternary compound targets
- 3.3.4 Performance of state-of-the-art CZTS thin film solar cells
- 3.3.5 Conclusion
- References
- Subchapter 3.4. Novel chalcogenides and their fabrication techniques
- Abstract
- 3.4.1 Introduction
- 3.4.2 History of transition metal dichalcogenides
- 3.4.3 Crystal structures and physical properties
- 3.4.4 Optical properties
- 3.4.5 Fabrication of transition metal dichalcogenides
- 3.4.6 Applications of transition metal dichalcogenides materials
- 3.4.7 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 4. Introduction to organic-inorganic hybrid solar cells
- Abstract
- References
- Subchapter 4.1. Dye-sensitized solar cells
- Abstract
- 4.1.1 Working principle
- 4.1.2 Photoanode
- 4.1.3 Dye
- 4.1.4 Counter electrode
- 4.1.5 Electrolyte
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Subchapter 4.2. Quantum dot-sensitized solar cells
- Abstract
- 4.2.1 Introduction
- 4.2.2 Device mechanism
- 4.2.3 Quantum dot-sensitized solar cells components and materials selection
- 4.2.4 Fabrication techniques
- 4.2.5 Challenges
- 4.2.6 Future prospect
- References
- Subchapter 4.3. Organometal halide perovskite photovoltaics
- Abstract
- 4.3.1 Introduction
- 4.3.2 Summary and future outlook
- Declaration of competing interests
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Subchapter 4.4. Optics in high efficiency perovskite tandem solar cells
- Abstract
- 4.4.1 Introduction
- 4.4.2 Fundamentals of tandem solar cells
- 4.4.3 Scientific challenges for monolithic 2-terminal tandem solar cells
- 4.4.4 Device structure, film growth, and interface morphology
- 4.4.5 Optics of perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells
- 4.4.6 Fabrication of perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells
- 4.4.7 Final remarks and prospects
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 5. Commercial viability of different photovoltaic technologies
- Abstract
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Photovoltaic performance
- 5.3 Stability and reliability
- 5.4 Failure and degradation modes
- 5.5 Scale-up possibilities towards lifetime and reliability
- 5.6 Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Conclusion
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 16, 2021
- No. of pages (Paperback): 418
- No. of pages (eBook): 418
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323855297
- eBook ISBN: 9780323858076
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Md. Akhtaruzzaman
Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman is Assoc. Professor at the Solar Energy Research Institute of The National University of Malaysia, where he leads the Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Solar Cells Unit of the Solar Photovoltaics group. Receiving hid BSc and MSc in Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering from The University of Dhaka, he was awarded the Japanese Government’s Monbukagakusho Scholarship, joining the Institute for Molecular Science in Okazaki, where he obtained his PhD studying design and synthesis of new organic heterocyclic compounds for EL device application. His areas of expertise are the rational design of organic/inorganic semiconductors, Nano-materials for various applications, Dye-sensitized Solar cells, Perovskite thin film solar cell, Graphene/Quatum dots-based Hybrid solar cells , Bulk-heterojunction Solar cells, Light-Emitting Organic Field-effect Transistors, Organic Thin Film Transistors, Flexible Memory Devices, Nano-electronics and Electroluminescence devices.
Affiliations and expertise
Assoc. Professor, Solar Energy Research Institute, The National University of MalaysiaVS
Vidhya Selvanathan
Dr Vidhya is currently serving as a postdoctoral researcher in Solar Energy Research Institute at National University of Malaysia. She received her Ph.D. degree in Polymer Chemistry from Faculty of Science, Universiti Malaya in 2018. Her main research interests are on the chemical modification of natural polymers for application as quasi-solid electrolytes in dye/quantum dot-sensitized solar cells.
Affiliations and expertise
postdoctoral researcher, Solar Energy Research Institute, National University of MalaysiaRead Comprehensive Guide on Organic and Inorganic Solar Cells on ScienceDirect