1st Edition

Photovoltaic Materials Synthesis, Characterizations and Applications

550 Pages 158 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

550 Pages 158 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

The text will serve as a valuable resource for researchers, engineers, and students interested in gaining a comprehensive understanding of photovoltaic materials, from fundamental principles to emerging trends and future directions in solar cell technology. • Discusses topics such as synthesis processes, characterization techniques, and photovoltaic device architectures. • Focuses on emerging... Read more

1 Introduction to photovoltaics: Principles, materials and devices

M. DHAMODHARA NAIDU, MADALA SUGUNA, KOLLA BHANU PRAKASH, AND TRAN DUC- TAN

2 Fundamentals of photovoltaic materials

ABINAYA SWATHISWARAMURTHI AND SHEEJIN NADARAJAN

3 Synthesis methods of photovoltaic materials

ROHITASH KUMAR AND ARUN KUMAR

4 Characterization techniques for PV materials

K. S. RAJNI, SHYAMBHAVI, VISHNU NARAYANAN V. AND T. RAGURAM

5 Synthesis and characterization of metal oxide- based photovoltaic cells

G. KIRUTHIGA, J. SHANTHI, K. S. RAJNI, VISHNU NARAYANAN V. CHANDINI RAGUMOORTHY AND MANISHA DESHPANDE

6 Recent advancements and challenges of perovskite solar cells

KRITI VAID, ANIL SOHARU, MIHIRSINH CHAUHAN AND UMESH DWIVEDI

7 Harnessing the power of perovskite solar cells: Evolution beyond barriers for a sustainable future

SAKET SINGH, DINESH KUMAR AND KAPIL NAHAR

8 Effect of various charge transport layers and material properties on antimony chalcogenide: A simulative study

RAJESHKUMAR MALANI, SOUMYA SUNDAR PARUI, NIKET RAVAL, SAMPAT G. DESHMUKH AND VIPUL KHERAJ

9 Recent advances in transparent photovoltaics materials and devices

BHUMIKA PATIL, PURVA KAPADE, POONAM GIRASE, RACHANA BARADE, ASHMIKA BAVISKAR, NILESH SALUNKE, AMOL BADGUJAR AND SAMPAT G. DESHMUKH

10 Emerging frontiers in flexible photovoltaic materials: Challenges, innovations, and future prospects

KANCHANA VENKATESAN, SHANMUGA SUNDARAM ANANDAN, R. PADMAVATHI AND RAJESH RAVI

11 Photovoltaic device architectures

ARUN MURUGESAN, NIDHYA RATHINAVEL AND MOHAMMED JAFER SATHIK ALI ABDUL HAMEED

12 Solar photovoltaic performance with antireflective polymeric covers: Optical and electrical insights

CHOCKALINGAM ARAVIND VAITHILINGAM, RAMSUNDAR SIVASUBRAMANIAN, MELLVIN DHIVIAN, LIM HUI YEE, GILBERT FOO AND SURESH PONNAN

13 Modeling and simulation of microgrid system with photovoltaic and biogas co- fired power generating sources for commercial application

DANIEL OLUWASEUN AKINYELE, OLAKUNLE ELIJAH OLABODE AND DAVID AKINYIWOLA OPEYEMI

14 Challenges, prospects, and application of grid integration with photovoltaic systems in sub- Saharan African countries

OLABODE OLAKUNLE ELIJAH, DANIEL OLUWASEUN AKINYELE, OLUSOLA KUNLE AKINDE, FUNSO KEHINDE ARIYO AND MUNIRU OLAKIDE OKELOLA

15 Predictive modeling for solar footprint prediction using machine learning

ABHISHEK KUMAR

16 Materials for flexible photovoltaics

ANKUSH GOYAL, HARSHADA MHETRE, VAISHALI AGME, S. H. KSHIRSAGAR AND I. A. SHAIKH

17 Reliable and efficient PdM schemes for nanoelectronics

ROSEPREET KAUR BHOGAL AND AJMER SINGH

18 Advances in perovskite solar cells: Materials, challenges, and future directions

MURUGAN RAJARAJAN, NADANA SHANMUGAM AND DIEGO PUGLIESE

19 Efficient solar power generation with panel movement control using SystemVerilog and FPGA

SUMAN LATA TRIPATHI

Biography

Sampat G. Deshmukh is working as Dean, at SKN Sinhgad College of Engineering, Pandharpur, India. He has 27 years of experience in research, teaching, and industry. He has published research papers in journals and conferences. His areas of research interest include nanomaterials, chemical deposition, thin film deposition, nanotechnology, and nanoparticle synthesis. He is on the editorial board of Electronics Science Technology and Application and Frontiers of Mechatronics Engineering.

Suman Lata Tripathi is associated with the Lovely Professional University, Punjab as a professor with more than 19 years of experience in academics. She has published more than 135 research papers in refereed IEEE, Springer, Elsevier, and IOP science journals and conferences. She has also published 13 Indian patents and 2 copyrights. Her area of expertise includes microelectronics device modeling and characterization, lowpower VLSI circuit design, VLSI design of testing, advanced FET design for the Internet of Things, embedded system design, and biomedical applications.

Abhishek Kumar is working as an associate professor, in the School of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, at Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India. He has published more than 55 research papers in journals and conferences of national and international repute. His work extends beyond publications; he has been actively involved in intellectual property creation, having published 20 patents and registered 5 copyrights.