Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of Contributors. -- Status, Trends, Challengesand the Bright Future of Solar Electricity from Photovoltaics / S. Hegedus and A. Luque -- Motivation for Photovoltaic Application and Development / J. Luther -- The Physics of the Solar Cell / J. Gray -- Theoretical Limits of Photovoltaic Conversion / A. Luque and A. Marti -- Solar Grade Silicon Feedstock / B. Ceccaroli and O. Lohne -- Bulk Crystal Growth and Wafering for PV / W. Koch, et al. -- Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells and Modules / I. Tobias, et al. -- Thin-film Silicon Solar Cells / B. Sopori / High-Efficiency III-V Multijunction Solar Cells / J. Olson, et al. -- Space Solar Cells and Arrays / S. Bailey and R. Raffaelle / Photovoltaic Concentrators / R. Swanson -- Amorphous Silicon-basedSolar Cells / X. Deng and E. Schiff -- Cu(InGa)Se2 Solar Cells / W. Shafarman and L. Stolt -- Cadmium Telluride Solar Cells / B. McCandless and J. Sites -- Dye-sensitized Solar Cells / K. Hara and H. Arakawa -- Measurement and Characterization of Solar Cells and Modules / K. Emery -- Photovoltaic Systems / K. Preiser -- Electrochemical Storage for Photovoltaics / D. Sauer -- Power Conditioning for Photovoltaic Power Systems / J. Schmid and H. Schmidt -- Energy Collected and Delivered by PV Modules / E. Lorenzo -- Economic Analysis and Environmental Aspects of Photovoltaic Systems / R. Whisnant, et al. -- PV in Architecture / T. Reijenga -- Photovoltaics and Development / J. Huacuz and L. Gunaratne -- Financing PV Growth / M. Eckhart, et al. -- Index.