"Recent Developments in Photovoltaic Materials and Devices" ed. by Natarajan Prabaharan, Marc Rosen, Pietro Elia Campana

This book covers the recent advances in solar photovoltaic materials and their innovative applications. The book is crucial and relevant at this juncture and provides a historical overview focusing primarily on the exciting developments in the last decade.

Many problems in material science are explored for enhancing the understanding of solar cells and the development of more efficient, less costly, and more stable cells.
This book primarily covers the different Maximum Power Point Tracking control techniques that have led to the improved speed of response of solar photovoltaics, augmented search accuracy, and superior control in the presence of perturbations such as sudden variations in illumination and temperature. Furthermore, the optimal design of a photovoltaic system based on two different approaches such as consumed power and economics is discussed.


Contents
1 Solar Energy Conversion and Noise Characterization in Photovoltaic Devices with Ventilation
2 Conductive Copper Paste for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells
3 Efficient Low-Cost Materials for Solar Energy Applications: Roles of Nanotechnology
4 Improved Performance of a Photovoltaic Panel by MPPT Algorithms
5 A Quick Maximum Power Point Tracking Method Using an Embedded Learning Algorithm for Photovoltaics on Roads
6 Optimal Designing Grid-Connected PV Systems
7 Experimental Study of Current-Voltage Characteristics for Fixed and Solar Tracking Photovoltaics Systems