Specialized Collections

The main advantages of solar energy are inexhaustibility and wide accessibility, as well as the relative environmental friendliness of its transformation into other forms of energy.

The widespread use of solar energy requires the creation of functionally complete systems which convert solar energy into an element of a given technological process.

The collection “Engineering of Solar Energy Systems” consists of papers published by Trans Tech Publications Inc. from 2010 to 2014 inclusive and covers a wide range of advanced achievements in the field of creating and designing systems for technological use of solar energy.

The compiled scientific papers are presented in eight chapters:
Chapter 1: Solar Systems for Heating, Cooling and Ventilation
Chapter 2: Solar Energy in Environmental Treatment and Water Desalination
Chapter 3: Solar Hydrogen Production
Chapter 4: Systems for Electricity Supply Based on Solar Energy
Chapter 5: Design of Components and Equipment for Solar Systems
Chapter 6: Mechatronics, Control and Automation in Solar Energetics
Chapter 7: Integration of Solar Technologies in the Architecture of Buildings
Chapter 8: Engineering Management in Solar Energetics,
which cover many aspects of scientific and engineering activities.

Solar energy possesses enormous potential as a source of affordable and inexhaustible energy. Solar energy is utilized with the help of various technologies and, in particular, photovoltaic technology, based on photovoltaic elements which provide direct conversion of solar energy into electricity.

The compilation “Research and Development of Solar Cells” covers papers concerning various aspects of the design, research and manufacture of photovoltaic cells, as they have been selected from the library of Trans Tech Publications Inc. from 2010 to 2014 inclusive.

All materials are presented in five chapters:
Chapter 1: Silicon Based Solar Cells
Chapter 2: Dye-Sensitized Cells
Chapter 3: Other Types of Solar Cells
Chapter 4: Technology of Quantum Dots
Chapter 5: Engineering Support in Manufacturing of Solar Cells,
which display a wide variety of challenges and achievements in the field of photovoltaic cells engineering.