Comprehensive Renewable Energy

Author Ali Sayigh

Publisher Elsevier Inc

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Ali Sayigh

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Elsevier Inc

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2012

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9780080878737

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College Freshman - College Senior

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Encompasses the entire field of renewable energy, and unites the different areas of research through deep foundational reviews.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Editor-in-Chief.
Volume Editors.
Contributors for All Volumes.
Preface.
Contents.
1: Renewable Energy.
2: Renewable Energy Policy and Incentives.
3: Photovoltaic Solar Energy.
4: Introduction to Photovoltaic Technology.
5: Solar Photovoltaics Technology: No Longer an Outlier.
6: History of Photovoltaics.
7: Economics and Environment.
8: Historical and Future Cost Dynamics of Photovoltaic Technology.
9: Feed-In Tariffs and Other Support Mechanisms for Solar PV Promotion.
10: Finance Mechanisms and Incentives for Photovoltaic Technologies in Developing Countries.
11: Environmental Impacts of Photovoltaic Life Cycles.
12: Overview of the Global PV Industry.
13: Vision for Photovoltaics in the Future.
14: Storage Options for Photovoltaics.
15: Resource and Potential.
16: Solar Radiation Resource Assessment for Renewable Energy Conversion.
17: Prediction of Solar Irradiance and Photovoltaic Power.
18: Basics.
19: Principles of Solar Energy Conversion.
20: Thermodynamics of Photovoltaics.
21: Technology.
22: Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells: State-of-the-Art and Future Developments.
23: Thin-Film Silicon PV Technology.
24: Chalcopyrite Thin-Film Materials and Solar Cells.
25: Cadmium Telluride Photovoltaic Thin Film: CdTe.
26: Plastic Solar Cells.
27: Mesoporous Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells.
28: Multiple Junction Solar Cells.
29: Application of Micro- and Nanotechnology in Photovoltaics.
30: Upconversion.
31: Downconversion.
32: Down-Shifting of the Incident Light for Photovoltaic Applications.
33: Luminescent Solar Concentrator.
34: Thermophotovoltaics.
35: Intermediate Band Solar Cells.
36: Plasmonics for Photovoltaics.
37: Artificial Leaves: Towards Bio-Inspired Solar Energy Converters.
38: Applications.
39: Design and Components of Photovoltaic Systems.
40: BIPV in Architecture and Urban Planning.
41: Product-Integrated Photovoltaics.
42: Very Large-Scale Photovoltaic Systems.
43: Concentration Photovoltaics.
44:
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