TY - CHAP
T1 - Solar Photovoltaic Technologies
T2 - From Inception Toward the Most Reliable Energy Resource
AU - Amin, Nowshad
AU - Ahmad Shahahmadi, Seyed
AU - Chelvanathan, Puvaneswaran
AU - Rahman, Kazi Sajedur
AU - Istiaque Hossain, Mohammad
AU - Akhtaruzzaman, M. D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/7/4
Y1 - 2017/7/4
N2 - The ever-increasing global energy needs due to continual population growth, imminent depletion of fossil fuels, as well as mitigating environmental pollutions around the globe have compelled mankind to search for alternatives in recent years. Among many known alternatives, solar photovoltaic (PV) technology has undoubtedly proven itself worth as one of the mainstream renewable energy resources for its various merits. Solar photovoltaic technology is capable to fit into any requirements with freedom in scalability from milli-watt to almost giga-watt range of demand and response. In years, solar PV technology has shown its inherent potential with versatility in material usage, diversified capability in energy production, as well as sustainability with minimal or almost no adverse environmental effect. This chapter will present the chronological history of the most potential solar PV technologies from the discovery of the science as "photovoltaic PV effect" through the journey of the technological development toward becoming the most reliable energy resource of the near future.
AB - The ever-increasing global energy needs due to continual population growth, imminent depletion of fossil fuels, as well as mitigating environmental pollutions around the globe have compelled mankind to search for alternatives in recent years. Among many known alternatives, solar photovoltaic (PV) technology has undoubtedly proven itself worth as one of the mainstream renewable energy resources for its various merits. Solar photovoltaic technology is capable to fit into any requirements with freedom in scalability from milli-watt to almost giga-watt range of demand and response. In years, solar PV technology has shown its inherent potential with versatility in material usage, diversified capability in energy production, as well as sustainability with minimal or almost no adverse environmental effect. This chapter will present the chronological history of the most potential solar PV technologies from the discovery of the science as "photovoltaic PV effect" through the journey of the technological development toward becoming the most reliable energy resource of the near future.
KW - Amorphous silicon
KW - CIGS
KW - CZTS
KW - CdTe
KW - Crystalline silicon
KW - DSSC
KW - Perovskite
KW - Photovoltaic effect
KW - Solar cells
KW - Solar energy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85043283221&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.10092-2
DO - 10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.10092-2
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85043283221
SN - 9780128047927
SP - 11
EP - 26
BT - Encyclopedia of Sustainable Technologies
PB - Elsevier
ER -