IEEE First World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy

IEEE First World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy
Author: IEEE Electron Devices Society
Publisher: Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers(IEEE)
Total Pages: 1284
Release: 1994
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

Foundations for the reality of a broadly based, large scale deployment of photovoltaics in commercial applications are described. Research, development, and applications experience and efforts are presented. Special sessions on the problems relating to financing, installing, and operating photovoltaic power generating systems are given. Production problems and techniques are described.

Mid-infrared Semiconductor Optoelectronics

Mid-infrared Semiconductor Optoelectronics
Author: Anthony Krier
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 756
Release: 2007-05-22
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1846282098

Optoelectronic devices operating in the mid-infrared wavelength range offer applications in a variety of areas from environmental gas monitoring around oil rigs to the detection of narcotics. They could also be used for free-space optical communications, thermal imaging applications and the development of "homeland security" measures. Mid-infrared Semiconductor Optoelectronics is an overview of the current status and technological development in this rapidly emerging area; the basic physics, some of the problems facing the design engineer and a comparison of possible solutions are laid out; the different lasers used as sources for mid-infrared technology are considered; recent work in detectors is reviewed; the last part of the book is concerned with applications. With a world-wide authorship of experts working in many mid-infrared-related fields this book will be an invaluable reference for researchers and graduate students drawn from physics, electronic and electrical engineering and materials science.

High-Efficient Low-Cost Photovoltaics

High-Efficient Low-Cost Photovoltaics
Author: Vesselinka Petrova-Koch
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2009
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3540793585

A bird's-eye view of the developmental trends and problems of recent photovoltaics is presented. The worldwide effort to develop high-efficiency low-cost PV modules, making use of most efficient solar cells and clever low-cost solar concentrators is described.

Lattice Engineering

Lattice Engineering
Author: Shumin Wang
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2012-11-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9814316296

This book contains comprehensive reviews of different technologies to harness lattice mismatch in semiconductor heterostructures and their applications in electronic and optoelectronic devices. While the book is a bit focused on metamorphic epitaxial growth, it also includes other methods like compliant substrate, selective area growth, wafer bonding, heterostructure nanowires, and more. Basic knowledge on dislocations in semiconductors and innovative methods to eliminate threading dislocations are provided, and successful device applications are reviewed. It covers a variety of important semiconductor materials like SiGe, III-V including GaN and nano-wires; epitaxial methods like molecular beam epitaxy and metal organic vapor phase epitaxy; and devices like transistors and lasers etc.

Solar Cells and Modules

Solar Cells and Modules
Author: Arvind Shah
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 357
Release: 2020-07-16
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030464873

This book gives a comprehensive introduction to the field of photovoltaic (PV) solar cells and modules. In thirteen chapters, it addresses a wide range of topics including the spectrum of light received by PV devices, the basic functioning of a solar cell, and the physical factors limiting the efficiency of solar cells. It places particular emphasis on crystalline silicon solar cells and modules, which constitute today more than 90 % of all modules sold worldwide. Describing in great detail both the manufacturing process and resulting module performance, the book also touches on the newest developments in this sector, such as Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact (TOPCON) and heterojunction modules, while dedicating a major chapter to general questions of module design and fabrication. Overall, it presents the essential theoretical and practical concepts of PV solar cells and modules in an easy-to-understand manner and discusses current challenges facing the global research and development community.

Basic Semiconductor Physics

Basic Semiconductor Physics
Author: Chihiro Hamaguchi
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 444
Release: 2013-04-17
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3662046563

A detailed description of the basic physics of semiconductors. All the important equations describing the properties of these materials are derived without the help of other textbooks. The reader is assumed to have only a basic command of mathematics and some elementary semiconductor physics. The text covers a wide range of important semiconductor phenomena, from the simple to the advanced.

Wafer Bonding

Wafer Bonding
Author: Marin Alexe
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 524
Release: 2004-05-14
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9783540210498

During the past decade direct wafer bonding has developed into a mature materials integration technology. This book presents state-of-the-art reviews of the most important applications of wafer bonding written by experts from industry and academia. The topics include bonding-based fabrication methods of silicon-on-insulator, photonic crystals, VCSELs, SiGe-based FETs, MEMS together with hybrid integration and laser lift-off. The non-specialist will learn about the basics of wafer bonding and its various application areas, while the researcher in the field will find up-to-date information about this fast-moving area, including relevant patent information.

Materials Science and Technology: Strained-Layer Superlattices

Materials Science and Technology: Strained-Layer Superlattices
Author:
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 443
Release: 1991-02-20
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0080864309

The following blurb to be used for the AP Report and ATI only as both volumes will not appear together there.****Strained-layer superlattices have been developed as an important new form of semiconducting material with applications in integrated electro-optics and electronics. Edited by a pioneer in the field, Thomas Pearsall, this volume offers a comprehensive discussion of strained-layer superlattices and focuses on fabrication technology and applications of the material. This volume combines with Volume 32, Strained-Layer Superlattices: Physics, in this series to cover a broad spectrum of topics, including molecular beam epitaxy, quantum wells and superlattices, strain-effects in semiconductors, optical and electrical properties of semiconductors, and semiconductor devices.****The following previously approved blurb is to be used in all other direct mail and advertising as both volumes will be promoted together.****Strained-layer superlattices have been developed as an important new form of semiconducting material with applications in integrated electro-optics and electronics. Edited by a pioneer in the field, Thomas Pearsall, this two-volume survey offers a comprehensive discussion of the physics of strained-layer superlattices (Volume 32), as well as detailing fabrication technology and applications of the material (Volume 33). Although each volume is edited to stand alone, the two books combine to cover a broad spectrum of topics, including molecular beam epitaxy, quantum wells and superlattices, strain-effects in semiconductors, optical and electrical properties of semiconductors, and semiconductor devices.