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Preface

and economic benefits.

Renewable energy resources and significant opportunities for energy efficiency exist over wide geographical areas in contrast to other energy sources that are concentrated in a limit‐ ed number of countries. Rapid deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency and technological diversification of energy sources would result in significant energy security

Solar power is the conversion of energy from sunlight into electricity, either directly using photovoltaic (PV) or indirectly using concentrated solar power, or a combination of both. Concentrated solar power systems use lenses or mirrors and tracking systems to focus a large area of sunlight into a small beam. Photovoltaic cells convert light into an electric cur‐ rent using the photovoltaic effect. Photovoltaic materials include silicon (most prominent), semiconductor compounds (thin film), and combinations thereof in multi-junction cells.

We wish to thank everyone who, whether in a professional or personal field, showed patience, understanding, and helpfulness during the intensive phase of the creation of this book.

> **Dr. Beddiaf Zaidi** PRIMALAB Laboratory Department of Physics Faculty of Materials Science University of Batna 1 Batna, Algeria
