342
Index
Characteristics under the influence of light,
49
Chemical vapour deposition technique, 205
Circuit diagrams, 173
Cleaning, 184
Clear sky condition, 23, 251
Clouds, 23
Coalescence, 207
CO 2 emissions, 333
Commercial and industrial PV, 286
Commercial and industrial rooftop PV, 294
Competitivity, 329
Concentrating photovoltaics, 261
Concentrator Photovoltaics (CPV), 328
Conduction band, 35
Conduction band edge E C , 145
Conductivity, 174
Constant of Planck, 36
Copper ribbons, 115
Cosine effect, 251
Cost of current, 310
Cost reduction, 324
Cross-contamination, 189
Cross-linking, 237
Crystalline phase, 158
Crystalline silicon solar cells, 4
Crystalline volume fraction, 158
Crystallites, 158
Crystal plane, 184
Crystal structure, 108
Curing, 236
Current mismatch, 264
Current-voltage characteristic, 48
Curtailment of PV production, 3
Czochralski method (CZ), 100
D
Dangling bond, 142
Dark characteristics, 48
DC/AC-converters, 313
DC/AC inverters, 311
DC/DC-converters, 313
Degradation rates, 241
Demand side management, 332
Density of states N(E), 145
Depletion region, 46
Depth of Discharge (DOD), 310
Diamond wire, 83
Diborane (B 2 H 6 ), 140
Diffuse radiation, 21
Diffusion, 110
Diffusion length, 47
Diffusion transport, 46
Digitalization, 337
Diode ideality factor n, 49
Diode quality factor n, 55
Diode reverse saturation current, 55
Dipping step, 101
Direct gap, 40
Direct radiation, 21
Direct transitions, 76
Distributed PV, 285
Drift transport, 44
Dual nature of light, 35
Dust particles, 152
E
Edge-of-grid, 328
Edge seal, 231
Effect of module orientation, 251
Effect of spectral mismatch, 256
Effect of the angle of incidence, 254
Effect of the temperature, 254
Einstein relation, 47
Electrical volume resistivity (ρ), 230
Electricity market, 331
Electric vehicles, 1
Electron, 35
Electron-hole pairs, 42, 67
Encapsulant, 228, 237
Energy balance, 105
Energy losses and failure modes, 263
Energy losses from the module to the grid,
264
Energy payback time, 8, 333
Energy production, 315
Energy rating, 249
Energy rating for bifacial modules, 262
Energy rating for modules on trackers, 260
Energy system, 337
Energy transition, 12
Energy yield, 239, 276
Ethylene-co-vinyl Acetate (EVA), 228–230,
236
Ethylene Tetra-Fluor-Ethylene (ETFE), 151
Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate (EVA), 151
Eutectic, 167
Evaporates congruently, 204
External Quantum Efficiency (EQE), 67,
153, 256
F
Façade, 318
Failure modes, 266
Index
Characteristics under the influence of light,
49
Chemical vapour deposition technique, 205
Circuit diagrams, 173
Cleaning, 184
Clear sky condition, 23, 251
Clouds, 23
Coalescence, 207
CO 2 emissions, 333
Commercial and industrial PV, 286
Commercial and industrial rooftop PV, 294
Competitivity, 329
Concentrating photovoltaics, 261
Concentrator Photovoltaics (CPV), 328
Conduction band, 35
Conduction band edge E C , 145
Conductivity, 174
Constant of Planck, 36
Copper ribbons, 115
Cosine effect, 251
Cost of current, 310
Cost reduction, 324
Cross-contamination, 189
Cross-linking, 237
Crystalline phase, 158
Crystalline silicon solar cells, 4
Crystalline volume fraction, 158
Crystallites, 158
Crystal plane, 184
Crystal structure, 108
Curing, 236
Current mismatch, 264
Current-voltage characteristic, 48
Curtailment of PV production, 3
Czochralski method (CZ), 100
D
Dangling bond, 142
Dark characteristics, 48
DC/AC-converters, 313
DC/AC inverters, 311
DC/DC-converters, 313
Degradation rates, 241
Demand side management, 332
Density of states N(E), 145
Depletion region, 46
Depth of Discharge (DOD), 310
Diamond wire, 83
Diborane (B 2 H 6 ), 140
Diffuse radiation, 21
Diffusion, 110
Diffusion length, 47
Diffusion transport, 46
Digitalization, 337
Diode ideality factor n, 49
Diode quality factor n, 55
Diode reverse saturation current, 55
Dipping step, 101
Direct gap, 40
Direct radiation, 21
Direct transitions, 76
Distributed PV, 285
Drift transport, 44
Dual nature of light, 35
Dust particles, 152
E
Edge-of-grid, 328
Edge seal, 231
Effect of module orientation, 251
Effect of spectral mismatch, 256
Effect of the angle of incidence, 254
Effect of the temperature, 254
Einstein relation, 47
Electrical volume resistivity (ρ), 230
Electricity market, 331
Electric vehicles, 1
Electron, 35
Electron-hole pairs, 42, 67
Encapsulant, 228, 237
Energy balance, 105
Energy losses and failure modes, 263
Energy losses from the module to the grid,
264
Energy payback time, 8, 333
Energy production, 315
Energy rating, 249
Energy rating for bifacial modules, 262
Energy rating for modules on trackers, 260
Energy system, 337
Energy transition, 12
Energy yield, 239, 276
Ethylene-co-vinyl Acetate (EVA), 228–230,
236
Ethylene Tetra-Fluor-Ethylene (ETFE), 151
Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate (EVA), 151
Eutectic, 167
Evaporates congruently, 204
External Quantum Efficiency (EQE), 67,
153, 256
F
Façade, 318
Failure modes, 266