10
10.1
10.2
10.3
10.4
10.5
III
11
12
12.1
12.2
12.3
12.4
12.5
12.6
13
13.1
13.2
13.3
13.4
13.5
13.6
13.7
14
14.1
14.2
14.3
14.4
Losses and efficiency limits
The thermodynamic limit
The Shockley-Queisser limit
Additional losses
Design rules for solar cells
Exercises
PV technology
A short history of solar cells
Crystalline silicon solar cells
Crystalline silicon
Production of silicon wafers
Designing c-Si solar cells
Fabricating c-Si solar cells
High-efficiency concepts
Exercises
Thin-film solar cells
Transparent conducting oxides
The III-V PV technology
Thin-film silicon technology
Chalcogenide solar cells
Organic photovoltaics
Hybrid organic-inorganic solar cells
Exercises
A closer look to some processes
Plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition
Physical vapour deposition
Screen printing technology
Electroplating technology