Hard times : an authoritative text, backgrounds, sources, and contemporary reactions, criticism / Charles Dickens ; edited by George Ford, Sylvere Monod. [print]

Introduction: The History of Solar-Generated Electricity John Perlin Solar Cells: What They Are and How They Work What Solar Cells Are Physical Characteristics Electrical Characteristics Cell Performance Ratings How Solar Cells Work The Nature of Sunlight Solid-State Physics Doping Junction Photovoltaic Cells Homojunctions Factors Which Influence Cell Efficiency Band Gap Width Recombination Reflectivity and Light Absorption Heterojunctions Schottky Barrier Junctions Advanced Semiconductor Devices How Solar Cells Are Made Silicon Metallurgical-Grade Silicon Semiconductor-Grade Silicon Growing Single Crystals Slicing the Crystal into Wafers Polishing and Etching the Wafer Forming the p-n Junction Applying the Fingers and Back Contact The Antireflection Coating Assembly into Modules New Production Techniques for Silicon Solar-Grade Silicon Polycrystalline Silicon Ribbon Growth Systems Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells and Modules Series and Parallel Strings Module Construction Techniques Encapsulation Module Failure Mechanisms Joints Between Cells Encapsulant Problems Shunt Diodes Concentrator Systems Two-Axis Tracking One-Axis Tracking Using Photovoltaics Current Cost of Solar Electricity Sizing the Array Calculating Load Sizing Methodology Installing Solar Cell Arrays Array Orientation Wiring the Array Combination Systems Inverters Rotary Inverters.

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