Solar Cell Fundamentals -- Place of PV in world energy scenario -- Fundamentals of semiconductors -- Charge carriers and their motion in semiconductor -- P-N junction diode: an introduction to solar cells -- Design of solar cells -- Solar Cell Technologies -- Production of Si -- Si wafer-based solar cell technology -- Advances in e-Si cell processes suitable for near future commercialization -- Thin film solar cell technologies -- Concentrator PV cells and systems -- Emerging solar cell technologies and concepts -- Solar Photovoltaic Applications -- Solar radiation -- Solar photovoltaic modules -- Balance of solar PV systems -- Photovoltaic system design and applications.