BOOK II · English
PV Development: Methods, Manufacturing Processes and Companies
Follow PV development from process selection and experimental design to TOPCon, heterojunction, perovskite and tandem devices, pilot production and company strategies.
Edited and published by
Alper Ferudun
Mercury Software GmbH
PHOTOVOLTAICS · RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
Inside this book
- Process development
- Silicon & thin films
- Tandems & reliability
- Manufacturing & companies
- 18
- chapters
- 8
- figures
- 118
- pages
64 references · Original language: Turkish. Full English translation.
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- II.01Developing PV technology: bringing the target, the loss, and the proof together
- II.02Development laboratory: first, trust what you can measure
- II.03The silicon route: from raw material to clean and textured wafer
- II.04TOPCon development: achieving both good passivation and good conductivity
- II.05Heterojunction development: selective contact engineering at low temperatures
- II.06Back-contact cells: patterning, insulation, and carrier transport length
- II.07Perovskite development: from composition to ink, from ink to homogeneous film
- II.08Tandem development: converting two good cells into a single, high-performance product
- II.09Other avenues for development: CdTe, CIGS, III-V, and solution-based technologies
- II.10Simultaneous optimization of optical properties, passivation, and contacts
- II.11Experimental design: from a good sample to a reliable process window
- II.12Improving durability and identifying failure mechanisms
- II.13From cell to module: interconnection, encapsulation and pilot production
- II.14Scale-up: capacity, saleable watts and process economics
- II.15Computational development: from candidate material to a testable device
- II.16Company atlas: which company is developing which technology, and at what stage of maturity?
- II.17Research infrastructure, equipment, and collaboration models
- II.18Research program: three cases, decision gates and worksheets
BOOK II · English · v2.0
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