Course Description

 

 

The objective of this course is to provide an insight into the fundamentals of solar cells and describe the manufacturing processes of different types of photovoltaics (PV). Throughout the course, students will learn physical principles of solar irradiation and solar cell operation. Emerging concepts of polymer, hybrid and quantum-dot-based solar cells will be described including device physics, manufacturing and technological development.

 

Learning Objectives :

This course is about the following topics. Dunring the lessons you will learn about: 

- Introduction in new materials for solar cells applications

- Solar Energy Potential

- Solar Radiation and Geometry

- Power from solar cells

- Solar cell technology

- Production of solar cell

- Crystalline silicon solar cells

- Polymer solar cells

- Material characterization

- Material Properties

- Solar Energy Spectrum and the Necessity of Band Gap Tuning

- Case studies