Solar Cells and Their Applications (eBook)

Lewis M. Fraas, PhD, is the founder and President of JX Crystals Inc. He has spearheaded the development of high-power-density photovoltaic cells and complete concentrating photovoltaic and thermophotovoltaic systems. Dr. Fraas wrote the first paper describing the forty percent-efficient triple-junction concentrator solar cell now entering high-volume production, and his group at Boeing demonstrated the first thirty-five percent-efficient dual-junction cell. Larry D. Partain, PhD, is Director of Marketing and Advanced Technology, initiating and managing high-risk/high-payoff R&D programs for Varian Medical Systems. A prominent researcher in solar cell and related X-ray imager technology, Dr. Partain recently led efforts to develop high-performance X-ray and flat-panel imaging medical systems, helping to create over $100 million in company sales.

I. Introduction to Solar Cells.

1. Solar Cells: A Brief History and Introduction (Lewis Fraas
and Larry Partain).

2. Solar Cell Electricity Market History, Public Policy,
Projected Future and Estimated Costs (Larry Partain and Lewis
Fraas).

3. Solar Cells, Single Crystal Semiconductors, and High
Efficiency (Lewis Fraas).

4. Solar Cell Device Physics (Larry Partain).

II. Terrestrial Solar Cell Electricity.

5. Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells and Modules (Leonid
Rubin).

6. Thin Film Solar Cells and Modules (Robert
Birkmire).

7. Terrestrial Module Fabrication & Assembly Technologies
(Christopher Bunner).

8. Chinese Solar Cell Status (Wang Sicheng).

9. Tracking the Sun for More kWh and Lower Cost Solar
Electricity (Ron Corio, Michael Reed and Lewis Fraas).

10. Solar Cell Systems: Definition, Performance &
Reliability (Jason Strauch, Larry Moore and Elmer
Collins).

11. Leveled Cost of Energy for Utility-Scale Photovoltaics
(Matthew Campbell).

III. Terrestrial Concentrator Solar Cell Systems.

12. Low Concentration Crystalline Silicon Systems (Lewis
Fraas).

13. High-Concentration, III-V Multijunction Solar Cells
(Geoffrey Kinsey).

14. High Concentration Fresnel Lens Assemblies and Systems
(Gerhard (Peharz and Andreas Bett).

15. High Concentration Cassengrainian Solar Cell Modules and
Arrays (Michael Ludowise and Lewis Fraas).

16. Concentrator Solar Cell Installations at University of
Nevada Las Vegas (Suresh Sadineni and Robert Boehm).

17. Concentrator Solar Cell Field Installations (Francisca
Rubio, Mar¡a Martinez and Pedro Banda).

IV. Solar Cells in Space.

18. Space Solar Cells and Applications (Sheila Bailey and
Ryne Raffaelle).

V. Other Aspects & Considerations.

19. Solar Resource for Space and Terrestrial Applications
(Christian Gueymard and Daryl Myers).

20. Solar Energy Costs: The Solar Advisor Model (Paul Gilman,
Nathan Blair and Christopher Cameron).

21. Challenges of Large-Scale Solar Cell Electricity Production
(David Faiman).

VI. Thin Films & X-ray Imager Technologies.

22. Market Overview of Flat Panel Detectors for X-Ray Imaging
(Carl LaCasce, Larry Partain and Chuck Blouir).

23. Amorphous Silicon Transistors and Photodiodes (Robert
Street).

24. Amorphous Silicon Digital X-ray Imaging (Richard
Colbeth).

25. Photoconductor Digital X-ray Imaging (George
Zentai).

VII. Summary.

26. Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations (Lewis Fraas
and Larry Partain).

"In this updated edition, feed-in tariffs are identified as the
most effective approach for public policy. Reasons are provided to
explain why pin solar cells outperform more traditional pn solar
cells. Field test data are reported for nineteen percent pin solar
cells and for -500X concentrating systems with bare cell
efficiencies approaching forty percent." (Global Print Monitor, 26
November 2010)