Nanophysics of Solar and Renewable Energy (ePub)

Ch. 1 A Survey of Long Term Energy Resources 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Direct Solar Influx 1.3 Secondary Solar Driven Sources 1.4 Earth-based Long-term Energy Resources 1.5 Plan of This Book Ch. 2 Physics of Nuclear Fusion: the Source of All Solar-related Energy 2.1 Protons in the sun?s core 2.2 Schrodinger?s Equation for the motion of particles 2.3 Protons and Neutrons and Their Binding 2.4 Gamow?s Tunneling Model applied to fusion in the sun?s core 2.5 A Survey of Nuclear Properties Ch. 3 Atoms, Molecules and Semiconductor Devices 3.1 Bohr?s Model of the Hydrogen Atom 3.2 Charge Motion in Periodic Potentials 3.3 Energy Bands and Gaps 3.4 Atoms, Molecules and the Covalent Bond 3.5 Tetrahedral Bonding in Silicon and Related Semiconductors 3.6 Donor and Acceptor Impurities, charge concentrations 3.7 The pn junction, diode I-V characteristic, photovoltaic cell 3.8. Metals and Plasmas Ch. 4 Terrestrial Approaches to Fusion Energy 4.1 Deuterium Fusion Demonstration Based on Field Ionization 4.2 Deuterium Fusion Demonstration Based on Muonic Hydrogen 4.3 Deuterium Fusion Demonstration in Larger-Scale Plasma Reactors Ch. 5 Introduction to Solar Energy Conversion 5.1 Sun as an Energy Source, Spectrum on Earth 5.2 Heat Engines and Thermodynamics, Carnot Efficiency 5.3 Solar Thermal Electric Power 5.4 Generations of Photovoltaic Solar Cells 5.5 Utilizing Solar Power with Photovoltaics: the rooftops of New York 5.6 Utilizing Solar Power with Photovoltaics: the possibility of space-based solar power Ch. 6 Solar Cells Based on Single pn Junctions 6.1 Single Junction Cells 6.2 Single-crystal vs. Thin-film cells, Si vs. CdTe 6.3 CuInGaSe (CIGS) Thin Film Solar Cells 6.4 Thin Film CdTe Cells 6.5 Dye-sensitized Solar Cells 6.6 Polymer Organic Solar Cells Ch. 7 Multi-Junction and Energy Concentrating Solar Cells 7.1 Tandem Cells, Premium and Low Cost 7.2 Organic Molecules as Solar Concentrators 7.3 Spectral splitting cells 7.4. Summary and Comments on efficiency 7.5 A Niche Application

Edward L. Wolf is Professor of Physics at the Polytechnic University in New York City. His long-term teaching experience ranges from undergraduate courses to the direction of thesis research. His research activities cover solid state physics, scanning tunneling microscopy, electron tunneling spectroscopy and superconductivity. Edward Wolf holds industrial and academic appointments. The former Director of the National Science Foundation is Fellow of the American Physical Society. He has authored over 100 refereed publications as well as a monograph on Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy and two successful texts on Nanophysics.

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