This book provides a comprehensive overview of photovoltaic (PV) technology, with a particular focus on emerging solar cell architectures based on advanced two-dimensional (2D) materials. It begins by introducing the fundamentals of solar energy and the key parameters of PV technologies, including semiconductor physics, and then discusses the essential properties and components of PV systems, along with various advanced 2D materials. The book places special emphasis on emerging transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) materials, covering their crystal structures, synthesis methods, physical properties, and applications in different types of solar cell devices.Key Features:Covers the fundamentals and future prospects of advanced 2D materials-based solar cells.Discusses the working mechanisms and synthesis procedures of solar cells, as well as the advanced materials used in their fabrication.Explores solar cell fabrication techniques and their critical performance parameters.Includes the fundamentals of semiconductor physics and solar energy.Reviews TMD-, graphene-, MXene-, perovskite-, and organic-based photovoltaic technologies and their properties.This book is intended for researchers, academics, and graduate students in the fields of materials science, electrical engineering, and renewable energy
