Advances in Silicon Solar Cells (eBook)

Shadia Jamil Abdelfattah Ikhmayies is an associate professor at Al-Isra University.  She received her PhD in Physics from the University of Jordan. As the author of over 76 scholarly articles, two books, and editor of three books, she is a member of the World Renewable Energy Network in the UK and the Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society (TMS) in the U.S. She has served on numerous Conference Committees, including the Characterization of Minerals, Metals, and Materials Committee for the Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society Conference from 2010 to the present. Dr. Ikhmayies also serves as an editor and a referee for various journals, including the Journal of Electronic Materials and JOM: The Journal of the Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society.

First generation silicon solar cells.- Wafer based silicon solar cells.- Ribbon Silicon Cells.- Second generation silicon solar cells.- Polycrystalline (p-Si) silicon thin film solar cells.- Amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin film solar cells.- Third generation silicon solar cells.- Micromorph a-Si/μc-Si heterostructures.- Tandom solar cells.- Quantum dot solar cells.- Amorphous Si nanowire shell solar cells.- Nanocrystalline Si nanowire shell solar cells.- Hot carrier solar cells.- Impact ionization solar cells.