Kitai, Adrian
Principles of Solar Cells, LEDs and Diodes: The role of the PN junction
The book will cover the two most important applications of semiconductor diodes – solar cells and LEDs - together with quantitative coverage of the physics of the PN junction at the senior undergraduate level. It will include:
- Review of semiconductor physics
- Introduction to PN diodes
- The solar cell
- Physics of efficient conversion of sunlight into electrical energy
- Semiconductor solar cell materials and device physics
- Advanced solar cell materials and devices
- The light emitting diode
- Physics of efficient conversion of electrical energy into light
- Semiconductor light emitting diode materials and device physics
- Advanced light emitting diode materials and devices
Keywords: Semiconductor Physics
- Author(s)
- Kitai, Adrian
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2011
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 336 pages
- Category
- Technology, Energy, Traffic
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781119975236
- Printed ISBN
- 9781444318340