Photoenergy: Progress in Si-Related Solar Cells for a Low Cost and High Efficiency

摘要

As the global effort dedicated to "sustainable growth and a low-carbon society" has increased, so have the opportunities and challenges for renewable energy technologies, like photovoltaic solar cells. A great amount of investment in solar cells research and subsequent technical break-throughs has been witnessed in the last decade, with the promise of further improvements to both performance and affordability expected. The overwhelming majority of commercially available solar cells remain silicon based, a situation not expected to change in the near-to-medium term due to silicon's abdundance and compatibility with existing large-scale electronics manufacturing technologies.