Front Cover -- Degradation, Mitigation, and Forecasting Approaches in Thin Film Photovoltaics -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Biography -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Acronyms -- 1 Introduction to photovoltaics -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Scenario of global energy requirements -- 1.3 Global warming and renewable energy -- 1.4 Brief overview of PV manufacturing -- 1.5 Characteristics of PV cell -- 1.5.1 Quantum efficiency versus wavelength characteristics -- 1.5.2 Current versus voltage characteristics -- 1.6 Current status of PV technology -- 1.7 Does PV pay back? -- Bibliography -- 2 Thin-film photovoltaics -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Photovoltaic effect -- 2.3 Some popular TFPV absorber materials -- 2.3.1 Amorphous silicon (a-Si) -- 2.3.2 Cadmium telluride (CdTe) -- 2.3.3 Copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) -- 2.3.4 Copper zinc tin sulphide (CZTS) -- 2.3.5 Organic semiconductors -- 2.3.6 Organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite semiconductors -- 2.4 Conventional and emerging PV materials -- 2.5 Photovoltaic energy conversion -- 2.6 Thin-film photovoltaic manufacturing and recycling -- Bibliography -- 3 Performance-limiting issues in TFPVs -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Crystal defects -- 3.2.1 Point defects -- 3.2.2 Line defects -- 3.2.3 Planar defects -- 3.2.4 Volume defects -- 3.3 Carrier generation and recombination -- 3.4 Mobility degradation by scattering and grain boundary -- 3.5 Environmental and other factors -- 3.5.1 Effect of dust accumulation -- 3.5.2 Effect of humidity -- 3.5.3 Effect of wind -- 3.5.4 Effect of temperature -- 3.5.5 Effect of module orientation -- 3.5.6 Effect of shading -- 3.6 Leakage current and potential induced degradation -- Bibliography -- 4 Yield increase through soiling prevention -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Measuring output of PV cells, modules -- and systems.