Principles of Solar Cells, Leds and Diodes - The Role of the Pn Junction

Informationen zum Autor ADRIAN KITAI , Departments of Engineering Physics and Materials Science and Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Klappentext The book will cover the two most important applications of semiconductor diodes - solar cells and LEDs - together with quantitative coverage of the physics of the PN junction at the senior undergraduate level. It will include:* Review of semiconductor physics* Introduction to PN diodes* The solar cell* Physics of efficient conversion of sunlight into electrical energy* Semiconductor solar cell materials and device physics* Advanced solar cell materials and devices* The light emitting diode* Physics of efficient conversion of electrical energy into light* Semiconductor light emitting diode materials and device physics* Advanced light emitting diode materials and devices Zusammenfassung The book will cover the two most important applications of semiconductor diodes - solar cells and LEDs - together with quantitative coverage of the physics of the PN junction at the senior undergraduate level. It will include:* Review of semiconductor physics* Introduction to PN diodes* The solar cell* Physics of efficient conversion of sunlight into electrical energy* Semiconductor solar cell materials and device physics* Advanced solar cell materials and devices* The light emitting diode* Physics of efficient conversion of electrical energy into light* Semiconductor light emitting diode materials and device physics* Advanced light emitting diode materials and devices Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction xiAcknowledgements xv1 Semiconductor Physics 11.1 Introduction 21.2 The Band Theory of Solids 21.3 The Kronig-Penney Model 31.4 The Bragg Model 81.5 Effective Mass 81.6 Number of States in a Band 101.7 Band Filling 121.8 Fermi Energy and Holes 141.9 Carrier Concentration 151.10 Semiconductor Materials 251.11 Semiconductor Band Diagrams 261.12 Direct Gap and Indirect Gap Semiconductors 291.13 Extrinsic Semiconductors 351.14 Carrier Transport in Semiconductors 401.15 Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium Dynamics 431.16 Carrier Diffusion and the Einstein Relation 451.17 Quasi-Fermi Energies 481.18 The Diffusion Equation 501.19 Traps and Carrier Lifetimes 531.20 Alloy Semiconductors 561.21 Summary 59Suggestions for Further Reading 61Problems 632 The PN Junction Diode 692.1 Introduction 702.2 Diode Current 722.3 Contact Potential 752.4 The Depletion Approximation 782.5 The Diode Equation 852.6 Reverse Breakdown and the Zener Diode 972.7 Tunnel Diodes 1002.8 Generation/Recombination Currents 1012.9 Ohmic Contacts, Schottky Barriers and Schottky Diodes 1042.10 Heterojunctions 1132.11 Alternating Current (AC) and Transient Behaviour 1152.12 Summary 117Suggestions for Further Reading 118Problems 1193 Photon Emission and Absorption 1233.1 Introduction to Luminescence and Absorption 1243.2 Physics of Light Emission 1253.3 Simple Harmonic Radiator 1283.4 Quantum Description 1293.5 The Exciton 1323.6 Two-Electron Atoms 1353.7 Molecular Excitons 1413.8 Band-to-Band Transitions 1443.9 Photometric Units 1483.10 Summary 152Suggestions for Further Reading 153Problems 1554 The Solar Cell 1594.1 Introduction 1604.2 Light Absorption 1624.3 Solar Radiation 1644.4 Solar Cell Design and Analysis 1644.5 Thin Solar Cells 1724.6 Solar Cell Generation as a Function of Depth 1764.7 Solar Cell Efficiency 1794.8 Silicon Solar Cell Technology: Wafer Preparation 1844.9 Silicon Solar Cell Technology: Solar Cell Finishing 1874.10 Silicon Solar Cell Technology: Advanced Production Methods 1914.11 Thin Film Solar Cells: Amorphous Silicon 1924.12 Telluride/Selenide/Sulphide Thin-Film Solar Cells 1994.13 High-Efficiency Multijunction Solar Cells 2004.14 Concentrating Solar Systems 2034.15 Summary 204Suggestions for...

Product details

• Authors: Kitai, Adrian Kitai
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.08.2011
• EAN: 9781444318340
• ISBN: 978-1-4443-1834-0
• No. of pages: 334
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering