Covers the principles of solar cell function, the raw materials, photovoltaic systems, standards, calibration, testing, economics and case studies. This title is suitable for physicists, electronic engineers, designers of systems, installers, architects, policy-makers relating to photovoltaics.[...]
Enormous leaps forward in the efficiency and the economy of solar cells are being made at a furious pace. New materials and manufacturing processes have opened up new realms of possibility for the application of solar cells. Crystalline silicon cells are increasingly making way for thin film cells, [...]