Perovskite Photovoltaics
Basic to Advanced Concepts and Implementation
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Perovskite Photovoltaics: Basic to Advanced Concepts and Implementation examines the emergence of perovskite photovoltaics, associated challenges and opportunities, and how to achieve broader development. Consolidating developments in perovskite photovoltaics, including recent progress solar cells, this text also highlights advances and the research necessary for sustaining energy. Addressing different photovoltaics fields with tailored content for what makes perovskite solar cells suitable, and including commercialization examples of large-scale perovskite solar technology. The book also contains a detailed analysis of the implementation and economic viability of perovskite solar cells, highlighting what photovoltaic devices need to be generated by low cost, non-toxic, earth abundant materials using environmentally scalable processes. This book is a valuable resource engineers, scientists and researchers, and all those who wish to broaden their knowledge on flexible perovskite solar cells.
Key Features
- Includes contributions by leading solar cell academics, industrialists, researchers and institutions across the globe
- Addresses different photovoltaics fields with tailored content for what makes perovskite solar cells different
- Provides commercialization examples of large-scale perovskite solar technology, giving users detailed analysis on the implementation, technical challenges and economic viability of perovskite solar cells
Readership
R&D researchers, PhD students and technical persons in renewable energy, on particular on solar photovoltaics in advanced levels and scientific knowledge
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: why perovskites and perovskite solar cells?
2. Organo –metal lead halide perovskite
3. Evolution of perovskite solar cells
4. Perovskite solar cell architectures
5. Optical bandgap positions and engineering of perovskites
6. Properties in hybrid perovskites
7. Ion migration in hybrid perovskites
8. Low dimensional perovskite
9. Lifetime of perovskite solar cells
10. Hole conductor free perovskite solar cells
11. Flexible perovskite solar cells
12. Commercialisation of large-scale perovskite solar energy technology and scaling up issues
13. Perovskite photovoltaics: life-cycle assessment
Product details
- No. of pages: 518
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2018
- Published: June 22, 2018
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780128129166
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128129159
About the Editors
Aparna Thankappan
Aparna Thankappan is a post doc fellow from the International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University.
Affiliations and Expertise
Post Doc Fellow, International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University
Sabu Thomas
Prof. Sabu Thomas, an outstanding Alumnus of IIT, Kharagpur, is one of India’s most renowned scientists in the area of Polymers. After completing his Ph.D. from IIT Kharagpur (1984-1987), he joined MG University as a Lecturer in 1997 and later became its Vice Chancellor. He has taken up a large number of visiting assignments abroad. Under his leadership, the University has been ranked 713th by TIMES, 30th in NIRF and the best University inKerala. He has supervised 120 Ph.D. students, authored 1,300 publications and edited 150 books earning him a H-index of 112 and 60,000 citations. He has received Honoris Causa degrees from Russia and France and obtained grants amounting to Rs. 30 crores for research funding from India and abroad. He has been ranked 114th in the list of the world’s best scientists and 2nd in India by the Stanford University Ranking in Polymers. He was elected as a Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences. Considering his excellent contributions in teaching, research and administration, Prof. Thomas is the best candidate for the outstanding Alumnus award of IIT KGP.
Affiliations and Expertise
Vice Chancellor, Mahatma Gandhi University, and Director of the School of Energy Materials, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India