Thoroughly updated overview of photovoltaic technology, from materials to modules and systems
Volume 2 of Photovoltaic Solar Energy provides fundamental and contemporary knowledge about various photovoltaic technologies in the framework of material science, device physics of solar cells, chemistry for manufacturing, engineering of PV modules, and the design aspects of photovoltaic applications, with the aim of informing the reader about the basic knowledge of each aspect of photovoltaic technologies and applications in the context of the most recent advances in science and engineering.
The text is written by leading specialists for each topic in a concise manner and includes the most recent references for deeper study. Moreover, the book gives insights into possible future developments in the field of photovoltaics.
The book builds on the success of Volume 1 of Photovoltaic Solar Energy, which was published by Wiley in January 2017. As science and technology is progressing fast in some areas of photovoltaics, several topics needed to be readdressed. Volume 2 also covers some basic aspects of the subject that were not addressed in Volume 1.
Sample topics covered in Photovoltaic Solar Energy include: - Solar Irradiance Resources- Crystalline Silicon Technologies (Cz Ingots, TOPCon, Heterojunction, Passivating contacts, Hydrogenation and Carrier Induced Degradation)- Perovskite and Tandem solar cells- Characterization and Measurements- PV Modules- PV Systems and Applications (integration in buildings, agriculture, water, vehicles)- Sustainability
Providing comprehensive coverage of the subject, Photovoltaic Solar Energy is an essential resource for undergraduate and graduate students in science or engineering, young professionals in PV research or the PV industry, professors, teachers, and PV specialists who want to receive updated information. A scientific or engineering degree is a prerequisite.
Table of Contents
About the Editors xxiii
List of Contributors xxvii
Preface xxxiii
Acknowledgments xxxv
About the Companion Website xxxvii
Part One Introduction to the Book 1
1 Introduction 3
Wilfried van Sark, Bram Hoex, Angèle Reinders, Pierre Verlinden, and Nicholas J. Ekins-Daukes
Part Two Solar Irradiance Resources 9
2 Solar Irradiance Resources 11
Joshua S. Stein
3 Irradiance and Weather Datasets for PV Modeling 19
Joshua S. Stein
4 Irradiance on the Plane of the Array 25
Joshua S. Stein and Clifford W. Hansen
Part Three Crystalline Silicon Technologies 39
5 Crystalline Silicon Ingot Pulling and Wafering Technology 41
Nannan Fu and Jiarui Fan
6 Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact (TOPCon) Solar Cells 55
Bishal Kafle and Armin Richter
7 Heterojunction Silicon Solar Cells: Recent Developments 71
Mathieu Boccard and Jun Zhao
8 Update on Non-silicon-based Low-Temperature Passivating Contacts for Silicon Solar Cells 81
Md. Anower Hossain and Bram Hoex
9 Carrier-Induced Degradation 103
Michelle Vaqueiro Contreras
10 Hydrogenation 123
Alison Ciesla
Part Four Perovskite Solar Cells 139
11 Perovskite Solar Cells 141
Anita Ho-Baillie, Md Arafat Mahmud, and Jianghui Zheng
Part Five Tandem Structures 157
12 Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Photovoltaics 159
Thomas G. Allen, Erkan Aydin, Anand S. Subbiah, Michele De Bastiani, and Stefaan De Wolf
13 An Overview of Chalcogenide Thin Film Materials for Tandem Applications 179
Bart Vermang
Part Six Nanophotonics 193
14 Nanoscale Photovoltaics 195
Sander A. Mann and Esther Alarcón-Lladó
15 Quantum Dots Solar Cells 217
Han Wang and Maria Antonietta Loi
16 Singlet Fission for Solar Cells 255
Timothy W. Schmidt and Murad J. Y. Tayebjee
Part Seven Characterization and Measurements Methods 271
17 Temperature-Dependent Lifetime and Photoluminescence Measurements 273
Ziv Hameiri and Yan Zhu
18 Advanced Flash Testing in High-Volume Manufacturing 291
Karoline Dapprich and Ronald A. Sinton
19 Machine Learning for Photovoltaic Applications 303
Priya Dwivedi and Ziv Hameiri
20 Non-Destructive, Spatially Resolved, Contactless Current Measurement 319
Kai Kaufmann, Tino Band, and Dominik Lausch
Part Eight PV Modules 333
21 Advanced Industrial High-Efficiency Silicon PV Module Design 335
Shu Zhang, Xue Chen, Jianmei Xu, and Pierre J. Verlinden
22 Smart Modules for Shade Resilience 357
Wilfried van Sark
23 Colored PV Modules 373
Lenneke Slooff-Hoek and Angèle Reinders
24 Building Integrated Photovoltaic Products and Systems 393
Francesco Frontini
25 PV Module I--V Models 407
Clifford W. Hansen
Part Nine PV Systems and Applications 423
26 Photovoltaic Performance 425
Dirk C. Jordan and Kevin Anderson
27 Deployment of Solar Photovoltaic Systems in Distribution Grids in Combination with Batteries 435
Elham Shirazi, Wilfried van Sark, and Angèle Reinders
28 Floating PV Systems 455
Sara M. Golroodbari and Josefine Selj
29 Agrivoltaics 475
Christian Braun and Matthew Berwind
30 Vehicle Integrated Photovoltaics 491
Neel Patel, Karsten Bittkau, Kaining Ding, Wilfried van Sark, and Angèle Reinders
31 Yield Assessments for PV Bankability 507
David Moser
Part Ten Sustainability 523
32 Terawatt Sustainability 525
Masafumi Yamaguchi
33 Life Cycle Assessment of Photovoltaics 541
Vasilis Fthenakis and Enrica Leccisi
34 PV Recycling -- Status and Perspectives 555
Frank Lenzmann
35 Environmental Impacts of Integrated Photovoltaic Modules in Light Utility Vehicles 567
Olga Kanz, Karsten Bittkau, Kaining Ding, Johanna May, and Angèle Reinders
Author Biography 576
References 576
Index 579
