Thin-Film Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells: Physics and Technology

by Rolf Brendel

This introduction to the physics of silicon solar cells focuses on thin cells, while reviewing and discussing the current status of the important technology. An analysis of the spectral quantum efficiency of thin solar cells is given as well as a full set of analytical models. This is the first comprehensive treatment of light trapping techniques for the enhancement of the optical absorption in thin silicon films.

306 pages, Hardcover

First published March 21, 2003