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What is Solar Cells about?

In this review chapter, we present the current state of the art of photovoltaic device technology. We begin with an overview of the fundamentals of solar cell device operation, and the nature of the solar energy spectrum and light absorption in devices. We then go into detail of the basics of solar cell operation, and the effects of various factors on the primary figures of merit, the open circuit voltage, short circuit current, and fill factor. In particular we focus on recombination, both in terms of the photocurrent and the dark current affecting the cell voltage. We then discuss heterojunction solar cells, and the general concept of carrier selective structures, which improve solar cell performance. We summarize the main single junction technologies and their efficiencies historically, starting with Si wafer-based technology and GaAs, then thin film technology, and organic solar cells, ending with recent developments of hybrid perovskite-based solar cells.The limits of solar cell performance in terms of energy conversion efficiency are discussed, where we introduce the concept of detailed balance to derive the Shockley-Queisser limit for single junction cells. Methods of circum

Author

Stephen M. Goodnick; Christiana Honsberg

Publisher

Springer International Publishing AG; MOXIC; Springer

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9783030798277

Subjects

Engineering, Stem

Updated

2026-03-24