Electricity from sunlight: an introduction to photovoltaics
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| adam_text | Contents
About the Author
..........................................................................ix
Preface
...........................................................................................xi
Acknowledgements
....................................................................xiii
1.
Introduction
...........................................................................1
1.1 The Sun, Earth, and Renewable Energy
.............................................1
1.2
The Solar Resource
.............................................................................6
1.3
The Magic of Photovoltaics
..............................................................10
1.4
A Piece of History
............................................................................12
1.5
Coming up to Date
...........................................................................17
References
.........................................................................................23
2.
Solar Cells
............................................................................25
2.1
Setting the Scene
..............................................................................25
2.2
Crystalline Silicon
............................................................................29
2.2.1
The Ideal Crystal
..................................................................29
2.2.2
The
p
-п
Junction
..................................................................32
2.2.3
Monocrystalline Silicon
........................................................35
2.2.3.1
Photons in Action
..................................................35
2.2.3.2
Generating Power
...................................................38
2.2.3.3
Sunlight, Silicon, and Quantum Mechanics
..........43
2.2.3.4
Refining the Design
...............................................46
2.2.4
Multicrystalline Silicon
........................................................54
2.3
Amorphous and Thin-film Silicon
....................................................55
2.4
Other Cells and Materials
.................................................................61
2.4.1
Copper Indium Diselenide (CIS)
..........................................61
2.4.2
Cadmium Telluride (CdTe)
...................................................65
Contents
2.4.3 Specialised and Innovative
Cells
..........................................66
2.4.3.1 Gallium Arsenide (GaAs)......................................66
2.4.3.2
Dye-sensitised Cells
...............................................69
References.........................................................................................
72
3. PV Modules
and Arrays
......................................................73
3.1
Introductory......................................................................................
73
3.2
Electrical
Performance......................................................................76
3.2.1
Connecting Cells and Modules
............................................76
3.2.2
Module Parameters
...............................................................80
3.3
Capturing Sunlight
............................................................................84
3.3.1
Sunshine and Shadow
...........................................................84
3.3.2
Aligning the Array
................................................................88
3.4
Concentration and Tracking
..............................................................94
References
.......................................................................................102
4.
Grid-connected PV Systems
............................................103
4.1
Introductory
....................................................................................103
4.2
From DC to AC
...............................................................................105
4.3
Completing the System
...................................................................112
4.4
Building-integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV)
.....................................114
4.4.1
Engineering and Architecture
.............................................114
4.4.2
PV Outside, PV Inside
.......................................................118
4.5
Large PV Power Plants
...................................................................128
References
.......................................................................................131
5.
Stand-alone PV Systems
..................................................133
5.1
Remote and Independent
................................................................133
5.2
System Components
.......................................................................137
5.2.1
Batteries
..............................................................................137
5.2.2
Charge Controllers
..............................................................141
5.2.3
Inverters
..............................................................................148
5.3
Hybrid Systems
...............................................................................152
5.4
System Sizing
.................................................................................155
5.4.1
Assessing the Problem
........................................................155
5.4.2
PV Arrays and Battery Banks
............................................159
5.5
Applications
....................................................................................165
5.5.1
PV in Space
........................................................................165
5.5.2
Island Electricity
.................................................................170
5.5.3
PV Water Pumping
.............................................................175
5.5.4
Solar-powered Boats
...........................................................180
VI
Contents
5.5.5
Far and Wide
.......................................................................186
References
.......................................................................................190
6.
Economics and the Environment
....................................191
6.1
Paying for PV
.................................................................................191
6.1.1
Costs and Markets
..............................................................191
6.1.2
Financial Incentives
............................................................197
6.1.3
Rural Electrification
............................................................200
6.2
Environmental Aspects
...................................................................206
6.2.1
Raw Materials and Land
.....................................................206
6.2.2
Life-cycle Analysis
.............................................................210
References
.......................................................................................215
Index
...........................................................................................217
VII
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