**Meet the editor**

Dr. Leonid A. Kosyachenko is professor of National University of Chernivtsi, Ukraine. After receiving his Doctor of Sciences Degree in Physics and Mathematics in 1983, he founded and became a head of Optoelectronics Department – the first department of this kind at Ukrainian universities. About twenty of his pupils have performed work to obtain the degrees of Candidate

(Ph.D.) and Doctor of Sciences. His research interests have been in physics and technology of solar cells, semiconductor X-ray and γ-ray detectors, light-emitting and photosensitive devices. He is author (co-author) of several books and numerous scientific articles; presented reports at international scientific conferences and meetings in Germany, Italy, England, Japan, China, Greece, Spain, Belgium, Russia. He was the leader of several collaborative projects with the institutions of Russia, Belorussia and is one of the leaders of the long-term projects of the European Commission. Prof. L.A. Kosyachenko is a member of the Ukrainian Physical Society and the guest editor of journal "Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells".

Contents

**Preface IX** 

Chapter 1 **Thin-Film Photovoltaics** 

L. Fu

Leonid A. Kosyachenko

Chapter 2 **Enhanced Diffuse Reflection of Light by Using** 

Chapter 3 **Low Cost Solar Cells Based on Cuprous Oxide 55** 

Shuo-Jen Lee and Wen-Cheng Ke

Chapter 4 **Application of Electron Beam Treatment** 

Chapter 5 **Electrodeposited Cu2O Thin Films** 

Z.Q. Ma and B. He

Antonio De Luca

Jongho Yoon

Chapter 10 **Influence of Post-Deposition** 

Chapter 9 **Power Output Characteristics** 

Ruwan Palitha Wijesundera

Chapter 7 **Crystalline Silicon Thin Film Solar Cells 137**  Fritz Falk and Gudrun Andrä

**as a Mainstream of Solar Power Engineering 1** 

**a Periodically Textured Stainless Steel Substrate 39** 

Verka Georgieva, Atanas Tanusevski and Marina Georgieva

**for Fabrication of CuO/Cu2O Heterojunction 89** 

Chapter 8 **Architectural Design Criteria for Spacecraft Solar Arrays 161** 

**of Transparent a-Si BiPV Window Module 187** 

**Properties of Materials for CdTe/CdS Solar Cells 209**  Nicola Armani, Samantha Mazzamuto and Lidice Vaillant-Roca

**Thermal Treatment on the Opto-Electronic** 

Chapter 6 **TCO-Si Based Heterojunction Photovoltaic Devices 111** 

**in Polycrystalline Silicon Films Manufacture for Solar Cell 77** 
