1st Edition

Solar Power Generation Technology, New Concepts & Policy

By P. Jayarama Reddy Copyright 2012
264 Pages
by CRC Press

264 Pages
by CRC Press

264 Pages
by CRC Press

This book offers a global perspective of the current state of affairs in the field of solar power engineering. In four parts, this well-researched volume informs about: Established solar PV (photovoltaic) technologies Third-generation PV technologies based on new materials with potential for low-cost large-scale production Solar cell technology based on new (third-generation)... Read more

1. Introduction.  2. Silicon solar cells.  3. Polycrystalline CIGS and CdTe thin film solar cells.  4. Organic and dye-sensitized solar cells.  5. High-efficiency solar devices.  6. New concepts based solar cells.  7. Policies and Incentives.

Biography

Dr. P. Jayarama Reddy is an energy consultant to the solar photovoltaic industry and serves as a board member of several international renewable energy companies related to solar module fabrication, power generation from biomass and municipal solid waste. He is a retired professor of Physics (Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupathi, India) and has worked in various big research laboratories at Cornell University (US), Imperial College London (UK), Charles University (Czech Republic), and Stuttgart University (Germany). Dr. Reddy is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (UK) and has published a number of papers on polycrystalline thin fi lm solar materials and cells, as well as the book Science and Technology of Photovoltaics, published by BS Publications / CRC Press/Balkema.