Surface Analysis and Solar Energy Materials

Download or read book Surface Analysis and Solar Energy Materials written by Alvin Warren Czanderna and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper is a summary of various methods that are important for studying the stability of interfaces in solar energy materials and for studying the interfaces themselves. An overview is given that explains why interfaces are crucially important for developing long-life, cost-effective, multilayer, polycrystalline, thin-film stacks for solar energy conversion systems (SECS). Second, broad categories of characterization methods, approaches, and processes in interface science are reviewed and related to studies required for components in SECS, in which the importance of compositional analysis of interfaces is emphasezed. Third, an overview is given of the solar-related research needs in various topical areas in interface science. A brief review is given concerning the current status of interfacial characterization.