Photovoltaic cells technology: principles and recent developments

被引：45

作者：

Bahrami, Ali ^{[1
]}

Mohammadnejad, Shahram ^{[1
]}

Soleimaninezhad, Saeede ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Iran Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Nanoptron Res Ctr, Tehran, Iran

来源：

OPTICAL AND QUANTUM ELECTRONICS | 2013年 / 45卷 / 02期

关键词：

Photovoltaics; Silicon; III-V multijunctions; Chalcogenide; Organic solar cells; Antireflection coating; SILICON SOLAR-CELLS; ENERGY-CONVERSION-EFFICIENCY; J-V CHARACTERISTICS; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON; ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; BACK CONTACT; BAND-GAP; ZNO NANOCRYSTALLITES; OPTICAL-PROPERTIES; SELF-ORGANIZATION;

D O I：

10.1007/s11082-012-9613-9

中图分类号：

TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

Solar energy is one of the renewable energy resources that can be changed to the electrical energy with photovoltaic cells. This article accomplishes a comprehensive review on the emersion, underlying principles, types and performance improvements of these cells. Although there are some different categorizations about the solar cells, but in general, all of them can be divided to crystalline silicon solar cells, thin film technology, III-V multijunction cells, dye-sensitized solar cells, polymer solar cells and quantum structured solar cells. Thin film technology is investigated in two non-crystalline silicon solar cells and chalcogenide cells. We present a complete categorization of solar cells and discuss the recent developments of different types of solar cells. Indeed, this paper covers almost all of the development processes of solar cells from their emersion in 1939 up to now. Also, due to substantial effects of the light trapping techniques on the improvements of the solar cells, a comprehensive study has been carried out.

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页码：161 / 197

页数：37

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