Handbook of Solar Cells

Naveen V. Kulkarni, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, Kerala, India. He obtained his PhD from Karnatak University Dharwad, India, and has worked at Technion (Israel), the University of Texas at Arlington (USA), the University of Rochester (USA), and the University of Cambridge (UK). Dr. Kulkarni has 18 years of experience in research relating to coordination chemistry, catalysis, energy materials, and environmental science. He has published over 50 research articles in reputed journals, authored book chapters, edited books and journal special issues, and conference proceedings.Boris I. Kharissov, PhD, is currently a Professor and Researcher at the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL), Mexico. He received his PhD in inorganic chemistry in 1993 from the Moscow State University, Russia and Dr. Hab. in physical chemistry in 2006 from Rostov State University, Russia. He also took part in the effort to deal with the consequences of the Chernobyl accident, working in the contaminated zone in 1987. His research specialisms include materials chemistry, coordination and inorganic chemistry, phthalocyanines, ultrasound, nanotechnology, chemical treatment of petroleum, and environmental remediation. Prof. Kharissov is the co-author of 16 books, 215 articles, 25 book chapters, and holds 8 patents. He has co-edited 3 invited special issues of international journals and is the member of the Editorial board of 6 journals. According to Elsevier’s data report (2023), he is within the top 2% of most cited scientists in the world.

• 1. Amorphous silicon solar cells2. Crystalline silicon solar cells3. Cadmium telluride solar cells4. Gallium arsenide germanium solar cells5. Copper indium gallium selenide solar cells6. Concentrated photo voltaic cells7. Multi-junction solar cells8. Heterojunction solar cells9. Thin-film solar cells10. Dye-sensitized solar cells11. Hybrid solar cells12. Nanocrystal solar cells13. Organic solar cells14. Perovskite solar cells15. Photoelectrochemical cells16. Solid-state solar cells17. Quantum dot solar cells18. Other classes of solar cells