Index
- a
- Absorption of light
- by amorphous silicon
- by atmospheric gases
- by copper indium diselenide
- by crystalline silicon
- by organic dye
- AC power
- supplied by mini‐grid
- Acceptance angle
- Air mass
- Albedo
- Albedometer
- AM0 spectrum
- AM1.5 spectrum
- Annual mean insolation
- Antireflection coating (ARC)
- Array of modules
- annual yield of
- design of, to reduce shading losses
- mounting of
- size of, for stand‐alone system
- tilt of
- Arsine
- Automatic generation control (AGC)
- Atmosphere, of the Earth
- Australia
- Austria
- b
- Back surface field (BSF)
- Balance‐of‐system (BOS) components
- energy payback of
- Bandgap
- of amorphous silicon
- of cadmium telluride
- of copper indium diselenide
- of crystalline silicon
- of dye‐sensitised cell
- of gallium arsenide
- of organic cells
- of perovskites
- Batteries
- capacity of
- charging of
- cycling of
- discharge of
- efficiency of
- flooded
- flow
- lead‐acid
- lithium
- self‐discharge of
- state of charge (SOC) of
- Battery bank
- for a stand‐alone system
- storage capacity of
- Battery charging
- PV modules for
- Becquerel, Edmond
- Black body radiation
- Blocking diode
- Boltzmann’s constant
- Boron, as a dopant
- Britt, Jeff
- Brookhaven National Lab (BNL)
- Buck converter
- Building‐integrated PV (BIPV)
- photo gallery of
- Bulk recombination
- Buried‐contact solar cells
- Bypass diode
- c
- Cables, power losses in
- Cadmium sulfide (CdS)
- Cadmium telluride (CdTe)
- modules
- Cadmium toxicity
- Compressed air energy storage (CAES)
- Canada
- Capital grants
- Carbon dioxide (CO2)
- Carbon fees
- Carrier lifetime
- Carrier transport, in amorphous silicon
- Cash flow
- Cathodic protection
- I‐V characteristics, of modules
- Charge controller
- features of
- lower set point of
- MPP tracking
- series
- shunt
- in solar home system (SHS)
- in stand‐alone system
- upper set point of
- Chile
- China
- Cloud effects
- CIGS CIS solar cell
- Clearness index
- Climate change
- Concentrated photovoltaics (CPV)
- Concentration, of sunlight
- Concentrator cells
- Conduction band
- Compressed air energy storage (CAES)
- Contact fingers, of a solar cell
- Copper indium diselenide (CIS)
- modules
- Copper indium/gallium diselenide (CIGS)
- Cost Grid Parity
- Counter‐electrode
- Cumulative Energy Demand (CED)
- Cumulative PV production
- Current source, solar cell as
- Czochralski silicon
- d
- Dangling bonds, in amorphous silicon
- Dark saturation current
- Denmark
- Depletion region
- Declination
- Degradation PV of
- Desalination water of
- Desert sunlight PV plant
- Diesel generator
- Diffuse radiation
- Diffusion, of charge carriers
- Diffusion length
- Diode
- Direct bandgap semiconductor
- Direct radiation
- Direct semiconductor
- Discount rate
- Doping, junction formation
- Dye sensitized solar cells
- e
- Efficiency, of solar cells and modules
- of amorphous silicon modules
- of CdTe modules
- of CIGS modules
- in concentrated sunlight
- of crystalline silicon modules
- of dye‐sensitised cells
- of gallium arsenide cells
- in space
- in weak or diffuse light
- Efficiency of stand‐alone system
- Efficiency record
- Einstein, Albert
- Electric boat
- Electron
- Electron‐hole pair
- Elkem solar
- Energy balance
- Energy payback time (EPBT)
- Energy policy
- Energy storage
- batteries
- CAES
- capacitors
- flywheels
- pumped hydro
- Energy return on energy investment (EROEI, EROI)
- England
- Environmental issues
- Environmental health and safety (EHS)
- Equation of time
- Equinox
- Ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA)
- External costs, of energy
- f
- Fee‐for‐service payments
- Feed‐in tariff
- Ferekides, Chris
- Feynman, Richard
- Financial incentives
- Fill factor (FF)
- Fire risk
- First‐generation solar cells
- First Solar
- Fthenakis, Vasilis
- Full cost accounting
- Fullerene
- Flexible solar cell
- Float zone method
- Forbidden energy gap
- Forward bias
- Fossil fuels
- France
- Fresnel, Augustin
- Fresnel lens
- g
- Gallium
- Gallium arsenide
- Gallium indium phosphide (GaInP)
- Gay, Charlie
- Germanium
- Germany
- government support in
- power plants in
- Geographical diversity, of renewable energy
- Gigawatt
- Global horizontal irradiation (GHI)
- Global warming
- Gore, Al
- Graetzel cell
- Greece
- Green, Martin
- Greenland
- Greenwich mean time
- Grid‐connected PV systems
- Grid electricity frequency
- Grid flexibility
- Grid‐tied PV systems
- Grid parity
- Group III‐V semiconductor
- h
- HDKR anisotropic irradiation model
- Heliatek
- Heterojunction
- High concentration PV (HCPV)
- Hole
- Homojunction
- Horsepower (HP)
- Hot spot damage
- Hybrid system
- diesel generators in
- i
- Indirect bandgap semiconductor
- Indium
- Infra‐red light
- Insolation
- annual mean value
- annual total
- effect of earth’s atmosphere on
- on a horizontal surface
- standard
- Intrinsic semiconductor
- Inverter
- efficiency of
- line‐commutated
- self‐commutated
- specification of
- in stand‐alone systems
- Inverter‐charger
- Investment tax credit (ITC)
- Islanding
- Italy
- Isotropic irradiation model
- j
- Japan
- solar roofs programme
- k
- Kazmerski, Larry
- Kenya
- Kerfless wafers
- Konarka
- Korea
- l
- Laminate
- Land, area required for PV
- Land use
- Latitude
- Learning curve
- Levelized cost of electricity (LCOE)
- Libya
- Life cycle analysis (LCA)
- LCA Guidelines
- Light, as a wave
- infra‐red
- as quanta
- scattering of
- ultra‐violet
- visible
- wavelengths of
- Light trapping, in crystalline silicon
- Loferski, Joseph
- Loss‐of‐load probability
- m
- Majority carrier
- Mason, James
- Maximum power point (MPP)
- tracking of
- Maxwell, James Clerk
- MEMC
- Metallization, of a solar cell
- Metallurgical grade silicon
- Metering
- Microcrystalline silicon solar cell
- Mini‐grid
- Minority carrier
- Minority carrier mirror
- Mismatch loss
- Module
- area of
- for battery charging
- construction of
- energy payback of
- faults in
- flexible
- parameters of
- power ratings of
- thin film
- Molybdenum, as a back contact
- Mongolia
- Mono‐crystalline Si
- Morjaria, Mahesh
- Morocco
- Multi‐crystalline Si
- Multi‐wire saw
- Multi‐junction solar cell
- n
- NASA
- National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL)
- NERC, North America Electric Reliability Corporation
- NSRDB, National Solar Radiation Database
- Net metering
- Netherlands, The
- Newton, Isaac
- Niger
- Non‐imaging optics
- Norway
- n‐type semiconductor
- Nuclear power
- o
- Open‐circuit voltage
- effects of temperature on
- Operating cost
- Optical losses, in solar cells
- Organic solar cell
- p
- Parabolic trough mirror
- Passivation
- Payback period
- Peak power, of a cell or module
- of an array
- Peak shavings
- Peak sun hours
- Performance ratio (PR)
- Perez irradiation model
- Perovskites
- Phosphine
- Phosphorus, as dopant
- Photoelectric effect
- Photo current
- Photon
- Photosynthesis
- Photovoltaic generator
- Planck, Max
- Planck’s constant
- p‐n junction
- Polar axis tracking
- Polycrystalline silicon
- Portugal
- Power density, of solar radiation
- Power optimizer
- Power plant
- Present worth of a project
- Prime meridian
- p‐type semiconductor
- Pulse width modulation (PWM)
- Pumped hydro energy storage
- Pyrheliometer
- Pyranometer
- q
- Quantum efficiency
- Quantum leap
- Quantum mechanics
- Quantum theory
- r
- Radiation
- global
- on horizontal surface
- on inclined PV array
- in space
- Radiation damage
- Rayleigh scattering
- Rate of return
- Recombination
- in dye‐sensitised cell
- losses due to
- in multicrystalline silicon
- Recycling
- Reflection losses, in solar cells
- Refrigeration
- Reliability, of a stand‐alone system
- Remote area power supply
- Renewable energy
- Resistance losses, in a solar cell
- Reverse bias
- Ribbon silicon
- Rooftop arrays
- as an investment
- tilt of
- Rural electrification
- s
- Sahara Desert
- Saturation current
- Scheer, Herman
- Scientific American
- Schumacher, E.F.
- Scotland
- Second‐generation solar cells
- Secondary optical element
- Semiconductor direct
- Semiconductor, indirect
- Semitransparent PV modules
- Series connection
- Series resistance
- Shading
- of PV modules
- Shading loss, due to cell top contacts
- Short‐circuit current
- Shockley equation
- Shockley‐Queisser PV efficiency limit
- Shunt resistance
- Siemens reactor
- Silane
- Silicon
- availability of
- polycrystalline
- Sizing, of a stand‐alone system
- of PV array
- Societal costs
- Solar boat index (SBI)
- Solar car race
- Solar cell
- as a current source
- effects of temperature on
- maximum efficiency of
- price of
- Solar constant
- Solar Home System (SHS)
- charge controller for
- electricity required by
- Solar Grand Plan
- Solar noon
- Solar radiation
- Solar trajectory
- Solstice
- South Africa
- Space cells
- Space PV systems
- Space required by PV modules
- Space satellite
- Spain
- government support in
- power plants in
- Spectral distribution, of the Sun
- Sputnik
- Staebler‐Wronski effect
- Stand‐alone PV systems
- State of charge (SOC) of a battery
- String, of modules
- Substrate
- Summer solstice
- Sun azimuth
- Sun declination
- Sun path diagram
- Sunpower
- Suns, concentration measured in
- Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA)
- Sustainability
- Sustainable development
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Sydney
- System efficiency
- System losses
- Swanson, Richard
- t
- Tandem cell
- Tedlar
- Telecommunications
- Tellurium
- Telstar satellite
- Temperature
- coefficient of a cell or module
- effects on module performance
- Tetrachlorosilane
- Texturization, of a solar cell
- Thin film solar cells
- costs of
- scribing of
- Thin film modules
- I‐V characteristics of
- efficiency of
- rating of
- Third‐generation solar cells
- Tibet
- Tilt, of array
- Titanium dioxide (TIO2)
- Topaz PV plant
- Toxicity
- of cadmium telluride
- Tracking systems
- one axis
- two‐axis
- Tracking
- Transmission
- Transparent contact oxide (TCO)
- Trichlorosilane (TCS)
- Trina, solar
- Triple‐junction solar cell
- Turbines, steam, gas
- u
- Ultra‐violet light
- University of New South Wales
- USA
- v
- Valence band
- Valence electrons
- Van Allen belts
- Variability challenge, renewable energy
- Vapor Transport Deposition (VTD)
- w
- Water pumping
- Watt, peak
- Wavelength
- Wind loading, on tracking systems
- Winter solstice
- z
- Zweibel, Ken
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