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Photovoltaics deals with the conversion of sunlight directly into electrical energy. All of the photovoltaic devices (solar cells) that are discussed here are fabricated from various semiconductor materials. Photovoltaics is thus based on the fact that a solar photon has an energy hV, can generate electrical carriers in the semiconductor, and thus photocurrent.

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Burton, L.C. (1980). Photovoltaics. In: Riazuddin (eds) Physics and Contemporary Needs. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7624-8_8

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