Green Energy

Preface xix
 
1 Fabrication and Manufacturing Process of Solar Cell: Part I 1
S. Dwivedi
 
1.1 Introduction 2
 
1.1.1 Introduction to Si-Based Fabrication Technology 2
 
1.1.2 Introduction to Si Wafer 4
 
1.1.3 Introduction to Diode Physics 5
 
1.1.3.1 Equilibrium Fermi Energy (EF) 10
 
1.2 Fabrication Technology of Diode 19
 
1.3 Energy Production by Equivalent Cell Circuitry 27
 
1.4 Conclusion 30
 
References 31
 
2 Fabrication and Manufacturing Process of Solar Cell: Part II 39
Prabhansu and Nayan Kumar
 
2.1 Introduction 39
 
2.2 Silicon Solar Cell Technologies 41
 
2.2.1 Crystalline Structured Silicon (c-Si) 41
 
2.2.2 Silicon-Based Thin-Film PV Cell 43
 
2.3 Homojunction Silicon Solar Cells 44
 
2.3.1 Classic Structure and Manufacture Process 44
 
2.3.2 Plans for High Productivity 45
 
2.4 Solar Si-Heterojunction Cell 46
 
2.5 Si Thin-Film PV Cells 48
 
2.5.1 PV Cell Development Based on p-I-n and n-I-p 49
 
2.5.2 Light-Based Trapping Methodologies 49
 
2.5.3 Approach to Tandem 51
 
2.5.4 Current Trends 51
 
2.6 Perovskite Solar Cells 52
 
2.6.1 Introduction 52
 
2.6.2 Specific Properties with Perovskites-Based Metaldhalide for Photovoltaics 53
 
2.6.3 Crystallization of Perovskite 55
 
2.6.4 Current Trends 56
 
2.7 Future Possibility and Difficulties 56
 
2.8 Conclusions 57
 
References 58
 
3 Fabrication and Manufacturing Process of Perovskite Solar Cell 67
Nandhakumar Eswaramoorthy and Kamatchi R
 
3.1 Introduction 67
 
3.2 Architectures of Perovskite Solar Cells 68
 
3.3 Working Principle of Perovskite Solar Cell 70
 
3.4 Components of Perovskite Solar Cell 73
 
3.4.1 Transparent Conducting Metal Oxide (TCO) Layer 73
 
3.4.2 Electron Transport Layer (ETL) 74
 
3.4.3 Perovskite

Suman Lata Tripathi, PhD, is a professor at Lovely Professional with more than seventeen years of experience in academics. She has published more than 45 research papers in refereed journals and conferences. She has organized several workshops, summer internships, and expert lectures for students, and she has worked as a session chair, conference steering committee member, editorial board member, and reviewer for IEEE journals and conferences. She has published one edited book and currently has multiple volumes scheduled for publication, including volumes available from Wiley-Scrivener.
 
Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban, PhD, is a faculty member with the Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Esbjerg, Denmark. He has almost ten years of teaching, research and industrial experience and is an associate editor on a number of international scientific refereed journals. He has published more than 300 research papers and has won numerous awards for his research and teaching.