Index
345
Potential Induced Degradation (PID), 177,
274
Power losses, 264
Power purchase agreement, 286, 322
Power supplies for dirigibles, 156
Power supplies for satellites, 308
Power-to-gas, 2, 337
Power to weight ratio, 209
Power-to-x, 330
Precipitates, 103
Profiles of the electric field E(x), 148
Pseudo-square, 108
PV carports, 12
PVGIS, 278
PV market growth, 5
PV penetration, 337
PV regulator, 313
PVsyst, 278
Pyranometer, 281
Pyrheliometer, 281
Q
Quantum efficiency, 66
Quartz sand, 99
R
Radiant exposure, 29
Radiative recombination, 89
Rayleigh scattering, 19
Recombination losses, 45, 53, 120
Record efficiencies, 10
Recycling, 333
Reflection of sunlight, 19
Reflection, refraction, absorption and transmission, 74
Refractive index n, 78
Regulatory issues, 331
Reliability, 234, 240
Residential PV, 286
Reverse saturation current density, 48
Reversible failure modes, 275
Ribbons, 219, 234
Roof, 318
Rooftop PV, 285
Rooftop solar PV, 291
S
Safety standard: IEC 61730, 242
Saturation, 174
Saw damages, 184
Scattering, 19
Sector coupling, 330
Seed layer, 107
Segregation, 103
Selective contacts, 167
Self-consumption, 318, 332
Semi-empirical limit, 48
Series connection, 222
Series resistance, 52
Shadows, 224
Sheet resistance, 93
Sheet resistivity, 121
Shingled solar cells, 232
Shockley-Queisser approach, 56
Shockley-Read-Hall (SRH) recombination,
90
Short-circuit current density, 54
Short-range order, 141
Shunt resistance, 54
Shunts, 53, 65, 152
Siemens reactor, 100
SiH 2 -configuration, 142
Silane (SiH 4 ), 140
Silicon heterojunction, 3
Silicon-Heterojunction Technology (HJT),
228
Silicon nitride, 125
Silicon shortage, 6
Silicon usage, 9
Silver pastes, 115
Simulation and monitoring, 276
Single junction, 44
Single-junction solar cells, 58
Si rods, 100
Slabs, 108
Slope, 251
Slurry process, 83
Smart grids, 337
Smart-Wire Technology (SWT), 234
Snail trail, 270
Snow, 23
Soiling, 275
Solar calculator, 155
Solar constant, 18
Solar insolation, 29
Solar noon, 22
Solar-powered objects, 156
Solar spectrum, 18
Solar watches, 156
Space cells, 155
Space power, 329
Specific annual yield [kWh/kW p ], 317
Specific power, 209
Spectral conversion efficiency η( S ), 42
345
Potential Induced Degradation (PID), 177,
274
Power losses, 264
Power purchase agreement, 286, 322
Power supplies for dirigibles, 156
Power supplies for satellites, 308
Power-to-gas, 2, 337
Power to weight ratio, 209
Power-to-x, 330
Precipitates, 103
Profiles of the electric field E(x), 148
Pseudo-square, 108
PV carports, 12
PVGIS, 278
PV market growth, 5
PV penetration, 337
PV regulator, 313
PVsyst, 278
Pyranometer, 281
Pyrheliometer, 281
Q
Quantum efficiency, 66
Quartz sand, 99
R
Radiant exposure, 29
Radiative recombination, 89
Rayleigh scattering, 19
Recombination losses, 45, 53, 120
Record efficiencies, 10
Recycling, 333
Reflection of sunlight, 19
Reflection, refraction, absorption and transmission, 74
Refractive index n, 78
Regulatory issues, 331
Reliability, 234, 240
Residential PV, 286
Reverse saturation current density, 48
Reversible failure modes, 275
Ribbons, 219, 234
Roof, 318
Rooftop PV, 285
Rooftop solar PV, 291
S
Safety standard: IEC 61730, 242
Saturation, 174
Saw damages, 184
Scattering, 19
Sector coupling, 330
Seed layer, 107
Segregation, 103
Selective contacts, 167
Self-consumption, 318, 332
Semi-empirical limit, 48
Series connection, 222
Series resistance, 52
Shadows, 224
Sheet resistance, 93
Sheet resistivity, 121
Shingled solar cells, 232
Shockley-Queisser approach, 56
Shockley-Read-Hall (SRH) recombination,
90
Short-circuit current density, 54
Short-range order, 141
Shunt resistance, 54
Shunts, 53, 65, 152
Siemens reactor, 100
SiH 2 -configuration, 142
Silane (SiH 4 ), 140
Silicon heterojunction, 3
Silicon-Heterojunction Technology (HJT),
228
Silicon nitride, 125
Silicon shortage, 6
Silicon usage, 9
Silver pastes, 115
Simulation and monitoring, 276
Single junction, 44
Single-junction solar cells, 58
Si rods, 100
Slabs, 108
Slope, 251
Slurry process, 83
Smart grids, 337
Smart-Wire Technology (SWT), 234
Snail trail, 270
Snow, 23
Soiling, 275
Solar calculator, 155
Solar constant, 18
Solar insolation, 29
Solar noon, 22
Solar-powered objects, 156
Solar spectrum, 18
Solar watches, 156
Space cells, 155
Space power, 329
Specific annual yield [kWh/kW p ], 317
Specific power, 209
Spectral conversion efficiency η( S ), 42