Perovskite Photovoltaics: Basic to Advanced Concepts and Implementation, Second Edition brings together the latest advances in perovskite photovoltaics, associated challenges and opportunities, and how to achieve further developments. This edition presents new topics and novel areas, including defect engineering, interface engineering, additive engineering, anti-solvents, single crystal perovskite solar cells, inorganic perovskites, optoelectronic characterization, and mathematical modeling of perovskite solar cells. In addition, the book contains a detailed analysis of the implementation and economic viability of perovskite solar cells, highlighting what photovoltaic devices need to be generated by low cost, non-toxic, earth abundant materials using environmentally-scalable processes.
This book is a valuable resource for all those with an interest in perovskite solar cells, photovoltaics, and more broadly solar energy and renewable energy, including researchers, scientists, graduate students, engineers, R&D professionals, and other industry personnel.
- Provides detailed coverage of perovskite solar cells for targeted photovoltaics fields and applications
- Includes commercialization examples of large-scale perovskite solar technology, giving users detailed analysis on implementation, technical challenges, economic viability, and lifecycle
- Offers a thoroughly updated new edition, covering a range of new and novel topics in perovskite solar cell technology
Dr. Aparna Thankappan is Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics, Baselius College, Kerala, India. She completed her PhD in Photonics in 2015 at Cochin University of Science and Technology, before working on a project on ZnO nanostructures for solar cell applications at the International and Interuniversity Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, from 2015 to 2017. She has published numerous articles and edited books in the area of advanced materials.
Prof. Sabu Thomas is a globally renowned scientist and one of the leading researchers in polymer science and nanotechnology. He currently serves as Professor of Polymer Science & Engineering and was the former Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India. Prof. Thomas is internationally recognized for his pioneering work on polymer blends, nanocomposites, green materials, and sustainable polymers.
Prof. Yuhua Wang is Director of the National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Optical Conversion Materials and Technology, and Professor at the School of Materials and Energy, Lanzhou University, China. From 2006 to 2012, he was Deputy Dean of the School of Physics Science and Technology at Lanzhou University. His research interests involve the discovery, development, and application of novel functional materials, and he has received numerous research grants and awards. Prof. Wang has published a large number of journal articles, several book chapters, and 21 patents.