Description: The 47 peer-reviewed papers collected here together offer a plenitude of up-to-date information on “Thermal-to-Electrical Energy Conversion, Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conversion and Concentrating Solar Technologies”. The papers are conveniently arranged into MATERIALS FOR DIRECT THERMAL-TO-ELECTRICAL ENERGY CONVERSION, MATERIALS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION, Crystalline Cells and Thin Film Photovoltaics, Emerging and New Generation Solar Cells, MATERIALS FOR CONCENTRATING SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, CPV Materials and Technologies, CSP Materials and Technologies, CPV and CSP Application.

Defects and Diffusion in II-VI Compounds

Edited by: Dr. David J. Fisher

Online since: August 1999

Description: This group of materials tends to be relatively neglected, with regard to defect and diffusion studies, when compared with the other major semiconductor groups such as the elementals (Si, Ge) and the III-V compounds (especially GaAs). This is reflected by the fact that the volume of diffusion data is smaller than that for the other groups (see DDF volumes 153-155 on Si and volumes 157-159 on GaAs). Nevertheless MCT (HgCdTe), here classified as part of the (Cd,Hg)Te system, continues to be of great interest and this is reflected by the contents of this volume. In particular, the first of the original works in this book reviews the topic of diffusion in MCT.

II-VI Compounds and Semimagnetic Semiconductors

Edited by: H. Heinrich and J.B. Mullin

Online since: February 1995

Description: The main emphasis of this volume is on the fundamental physics of the II-VI compounds focusing on the properties of epitaxial layers, heterostructures, multilayers and superlattices.