Solar Photovoltaics: Principles, Technologies & Materials
Offered By: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur via Swayam
Course Description
Overview
This course is an introductory course on solar photovoltaics materials and devices covering fundamentals of operation of solar cells, physics of semiconducting materials, P-N junction device characteristics in dark andlight. We will also discuss various solar photovoltaic technologies and their status with a brief discussion of the fabrication aspects of the devices. The course will also discuss the materials and technologies issues as well as device measurement techniques.INTENDED AUDIENCE : NILLPREREQUISITES : Basic Physics knowledgeINDUSTRY SUPPORT : Most companies related to solar photovoltaics
Syllabus
Week 1: Introduction and Solar radiation fundamentals
Week 2: Basic physics of semiconductors
Week 3: Carrier transport, generation and recombination in semiconductors
Week 4: Semiconductor junctions
Week 5: Essential characteristics of solar photovoltaic devices
Week 6: First Generation Solar Cells
Week 7: Second Generation Solar Cells
Week 8: Third Generation Solar Cells
Week 2: Basic physics of semiconductors
Week 3: Carrier transport, generation and recombination in semiconductors
Week 4: Semiconductor junctions
Week 5: Essential characteristics of solar photovoltaic devices
Week 6: First Generation Solar Cells
Week 7: Second Generation Solar Cells
Week 8: Third Generation Solar Cells
Taught by
Prof. Ashish Garg
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