TY - BOOK AU - Bauer,Gottfried H. ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conversion T2 - Lecture Notes in Physics, SN - 9783662466841 AV - TK1001-1841 U1 - 621.042 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Berlin, Heidelberg PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Imprint: Springer KW - Energy systems KW - Semiconductors KW - Renewable energy resources KW - Energy Systems KW - Renewable and Green Energy N1 - Introduction -- Global Energy Situtation -- Sun as Energy Source -- Theoretical Limits for Solar Light Conversion -- Real Photovoltaic Converters -- Advanced Concepts. Beyond the Shockley-Queisser Limit -- Radiation in Condensed Matter -- Absorption of Photons in Condensed Matter -- Photon Density in Matter -- Surface Recombination and Carrier Depth Profiles -- Finite Lengt of a Homogenous Diode -- Boltzmann Transport Equation N2 - This concise primer on photovoltaic solar energy conversion invites readers to reflect on the conversion of solar light into energy at the most fundamental level and encourages newcomers to the field to help find meaningful answers on how photovoltaic solar energy conversion can work (better), eventually contributing to its ongoing advancement. The book is based on lectures given to graduate students in the Physics Department at the University of Oldenburg over the last two decades, yet also provides an easy-to-follow introduction for doctoral and postdoctoral students from related disciplines such as the materials sciences and electrical engineering. Inspired by classic textbooks in the field, it reflects the author’s own ideas on how to understand, visualize and eventually teach the microscopic physical mechanisms and effects, while keeping the text as concise as possible so as to introduce interested readers to the field and balancing essential knowledge with open questions UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46684-1 ER -