Solar Cells and Their Applications 2e

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 ).