Physics of Thin–Film Photovoltaics Karpov Hardback John Wiley & Sons

Physics of Thin-Film PhotovoltaicsAuthor(s): Victor G. Karpov, Diana Shvydka\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, United States\nImprint: Wiley-Scrivener\nISBN-13: 9781119651000, 978-1119651000\nSynopsis\nPHYSICS OF THIN-FILM PHOTOVOLTAICS Tackling one of the hottest topics in renewables, thin-film photovoltaics, the authors present the latest updates, technologies, and applications, offering the most up-to-date and thorough coverage available to the engineer, scientist, or student. \n\nIt appears rather paradoxical that thin-film photovoltaics (PVs) are made of materials that seem unacceptable from the classical PV perspective, and yet they often outperform classical PV. This exciting new volume solves that paradox by switching to a new physics paradigm. \n\nMany concepts here fall beyond the classical PV scope. The differences lie in device thinness (microns instead of millimeters) and morphology (non-crystalline instead of crystalline). In such structures, the s