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Solar cells convert solar energy into electrical energy by photoionic process referred to as photoelectric effect. The solar radiation may be considered as discrete bundles of energy called photons. The energy (E) of photons associated with radiation of frequency (ν) and wave length (λ) may be expressed as E = hν = h c\λ where h is Planck’s constant and c is the velocity of light. The radiation intensity is proportional to photon number density. As discussed in Chapter 2 the solar spectral irradiance ranges between the wave length region of 0.2–2.0 μm and has maximum invisible light region at 0.48 μm.
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Kaushika, N.D., Mishra, A., Rai, A.K. (2018). Wafer-Based Solar Cells: Materials and Fabrication Technologies. In: Solar Photovoltaics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72404-1_4
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