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9780868405544

Power to the People Sunlight to Electricity Using Solar Cells

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  • ISBN13:

    9780868405544

  • ISBN10:

    086840554X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-04-01
  • Publisher: University of New South Wales Press

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Summary

Traces the history of the development of photovoltaics, charts the current research priorities, and shows how solar energy is being tapped in a variety of innovative cases.

Author Biography

Martin Green is Scientia Professor and Director of the Photovoltaics Special Research Centre at the University of New South Wales.

Table of Contents

Preface 6(1)
Introduction
7(6)
Quantum physics, semiconductors and solar cells
13(9)
The story so far: a history of photovoltaics
22(9)
Technological evolution: the thick and the thin
31(12)
How can solar cells be used?
43(11)
Photovoltaics on the family home
54(10)
Architectural photovoltaics
64(8)
Energy for the developing world
72(13)
Power for the future
85(2)
Glossary 87(2)
Useful contacts 89(2)
Index 91

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