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Additional Reading
Paul D. Maycock and Edward N. Stirewalt, Photovoltaics: Sunlight to Electricity in One Step (1981), is a nontechnical work. Richard J. Komp, Practical Photovoltaics: Electricity from Solar Cells, 3rd ed. rev. (2001); and Thomas Dittrich, Materials Concepts for Solar Cells (2015), are more advanced but still accessible to the general reader and contain much practical information. Jenny Nelson, The Physics of Solar Cells (2003); and Augustin McEvoy et al. (eds.), Solar Cells: Materials, Manufacture and Operation, are for device specialists. Roger A. Messenger and Jerry Ventre, Photovoltaic Systems Engineering, 2nd ed. (2004), is for systems and applications specialists.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: U.S. Department of Energy - Solar Photovoltaic Cell Basics. | Oct 28, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Open Library Publishing Platform - Solar Photovoltaics for Design Engineers - Introduction to Solar Photovoltaics. | Dec 24, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - The solar cell of the future. | Nov 17, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Structural and Electrical Analysis of Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells: The Role of Busbar Geometry in First-Generation PV Technology. | Jul 19, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CiteSeerX - The Factors Affecting the Performance of Solar Cell (PDF). | Apr 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: U.S. Energy Information Administration - Photovoltaics and electricity. | Feb 01, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: IOPscience - Solar photovoltaic technology: A review of different types of solar cells and its future trends. | Nov 05, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: ACS Publications - Organic Solar Cells: Recent Progress and Challenges (PDF). | Aug 31, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Michigan - Center for Sustainable Systems - Photovoltaic Energy Factsheet. | Mar 01, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Solar cells - working (and difference from photodiodes). | Mar 18, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Solar cell and it's application. | Feb 03, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Engineering LibreTexts - Solar Cells. | Sep 13, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Energy.gov - Solar Photovoltaic Cell Basics. | Feb 07, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Energy Education - Photovoltaic cell. | Feb 07, 2022 | ||
| New media added. | Jun 03, 2020 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Oct 20, 2017 | ||
| Updated information on surface area of Earth that would be needed to be covered by solar arrays in order for solar panels to fulfill projected global energy demands by 2030. | Oct 20, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 20, 2017 | ||
| Added video. | May 14, 2015 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Science - How Solar Cells Work. | Feb 10, 2009 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 25, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | May 16, 2007 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Apr 27, 2006 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Apr 27, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 26, 1999 |
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