The Physics of the Solar Cell

Handbook of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 82-129

  Gray, Jeffery L ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic physical principles, underlying solar cell operation familiarity with concepts of solid state physics; Conduction band and valence band densities of state; Creation of electron hole pairs via absorption of sunlight and solar cell operation; Lifetime and surface recombination effects; Minority carrier diffusion equation; Periodic crystalline structure of semiconductors, establishing its electronic properties; Physics of the solar cell; Recombination processes in semiconductors; Semiconductor solar cells and capacity to absorb light; Solar cell basic current voltage characteristic solving minority carrier diffusion equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875601756     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470974704.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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