Topical Outline:
Solar Cells & Sunlight
The photovoltaic vision
Physical source of sunlight, solar constant & insolation data
Direct & diffuce radiation
Review of Seminconductor Properties
Dynamics of electrons and holes
Generation & Recombination processes semiconductors
Interaction of sunlight with semiconductors
Reflectance & absorption of light
Junction and Operating Principles of Solar Cells
Homo & hetero-junctions
Dark & illuminated characteristics of solar cells
Internal quantum efficiency of solar cell
Equivalent circuit of solar cels
Solar cell output parameters
Efficiency Limits & Losses in Solar Cells
Efficiency limits for black-body cells
Short-circuit current losses
Open-circuit voltage losses
Fill factor losses
Effect of temerature on cell performance
Practically achievable efficiency limit
Silicon Solar Cell & Module Fabrication
Promising photovoltaic silicon materials
Baseline silicon solar cell fabrication
Processing of advanced silicon solar cells
Photovoltaic module construction
Design of High Efficiency silicon Solar Cells
Surface recombination velocity & spectral response considerations
heavy doping effects, junction depth, & emitter dopint profile
considerations
Substrate doping, thickness & diffusion length considerations
Grid design
Back surface field design
Antirefleciton coating design
Textured surfaces for light trapping
Heterojunction, Thin-Film & Other Promising Solar Cells
Gallium arsenide solar cells
Amorphous ilicon thin-film solar cells
Polycrystalilne thin-film CdTe and CuInSe2 cells
Multijunciton solar cells
Concentrator cells
Photovoltaic Systems & Applications
Stand along PV Systems
Utility-interactive PV systems
Modeling & design of PV systems
PV in bulidngs
cost analysis & future of PV systems
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