LEADER 04684nam 22006135 450 001 9910299625703321 005 20200701100355.0 010 $a3-319-07530-6 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-07530-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000129263 035 $a(EBL)1783056 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001276536 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11709679 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001276536 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11239810 035 $a(PQKB)10713982 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1783056 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-07530-3 035 $a(PPN)179763938 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000129263 100 $a20140611d2014 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLow-Cost Solar Electric Power /$fby Lewis M. Fraas 205 $a1st ed. 2014. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (186 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-13672-6 311 $a3-319-07529-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aHistory of Solar Cell Development -- The Solar PV Market Today & The Need for Non-Polluting Solar Energy -- Types of Photovoltaic Cells -- Fundamentals of PV & the Importance of Single Crystals -- Terrestrial Silicon Solar Cells Today -- The Dream of Thin film PV -- Introduction to Concentrated Sunlight Solar Cell Systems -- The Story of the 40% Efficient Multijunction Solar Cell -- Solar PV in a Larger Electric Power Context -- InfraRed PhotoVoltaics (IR PV) for Combined Solar Lighting and Electricity for Buildings -- Thermophotovoltaics using Infrared Sensitive Cells -- Sunbeams from Space Mirrors for Terrestrial PV. 330 $aThis book describes recent breakthroughs that promise major cost reductions in solar energy production in a clear and highly accessible manner. The author addresses the three key areas that have commonly resulted in criticism of solar energy in the past: cost, availability, and variability. Coverage includes cutting-edge information on recently developed 40% efficient solar cells, which can produce double the power of currently available commercial cells. The discussion also highlights the potentially transformative emergence of opportunities for integration of solar energy storage and natural gas combined heat and power systems. Solar energy production in the evening hours is also given fresh consideration via the convergence of low cost access to space and the growing number of large terrestrial solar electric power fields around the world.  Dr. Fraas has been active in the development of Solar Cells and Solar Electric Power Systems for space and terrestrial applications since 1975. His research team at Boeing demonstrated the first GaAs/GaSb tandem concentrator solar cell in 1989 with a world record energy conversion efficiency of 35%, garnering awards from Boeing and NASA. He has over 30 years of experience at Hughes Research Labs, Chevron Research Co, and the Boeing High Technology Center working with advanced semiconductor devices. In a pioneering paper, he proposed the InGaP/GaInAs/Ge triple junction solar cell predicting a cell terrestrial conversion efficiency of 40% at 300 suns concentration. Having become today?s predominant cell for space satellites, that cell is now entering high volume production for terrestrial Concentrated Photovoltaic (CPV) systems. Since joining JX Crystals, Dr. Fraas has pioneered the development of various thermophotovoltaic (TPV) systems based on the new GaSb infrared sensitive PV cell. Dr. Fraas holds degrees from Caltech (B.Sc. Physics), Harvard (M. A. Applied Physics), and USC (Ph.D. EE). 606 $aRenewable energy resources 606 $aElectronic circuits 606 $aEnergy storage 606 $aRenewable and Green Energy$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/111000 606 $aCircuits and Systems$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/T24068 606 $aEnergy Storage$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/116000 615 0$aRenewable energy resources. 615 0$aElectronic circuits. 615 0$aEnergy storage. 615 14$aRenewable and Green Energy. 615 24$aCircuits and Systems. 615 24$aEnergy Storage. 676 $a621.471 700 $aFraas$b Lewis M$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0966300 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910299625703321 996 $aLow-Cost Solar Electric Power$92204600 997 $aUNINA