Photovoltaics CDROM

This resource, created by Christiana Honsberg and Stuart Bowden of Arizona State University, serves as an electronic book on photovoltaics. Photovoltaics, as described by Honsberg and Bowden, "is a most elegant energy source," created when "light shines on a crystal and produces electricity." The book, which was developed with college-aged students in mind, can be read from start to finish as a course, or can be used as basic reference. As a whole, the book contains an Introduction, and chapters on the Properties of Sunlight, PN Junction, Solar Cell Operations, the Design of Silicon Cells, the Manufacturing of Silicon Cells, Modules and Arrays, Characterization, and Material Properties. The book is also available in Korean.