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Solar Energy: Photovoltaic (PV) Energy Conversion
- 12 Sequences
- Advanced Level
- Starts on December 12, 2022
- Ends on March 30, 2023
Course details
Syllabus
Week 1: Introduction
How do solar cells convert solar energy into electrical energy? What are the basic building blocks of a solar cell?
Week 2: Semiconductor Basics
What are semiconductors? What is a band diagram?
Week 3: Generation and Recombination
What are the physics of charge carriers?
EXAM
Week 4: The P-N Junction
What is a diode? How does a diode change when we apply a voltage? What about when we illuminate it with solar energy?
Week 5: Advanced Concepts in Semiconductors
What happens when we connect a semiconductor to a metal? What other types of junctions of semiconductor materials are important for solar cells?
Week 6: Light management 1: Refraction/Dispersion/Refraction
Which optical phenomena are important for solar cells? How can we use them to make sure maximal light is absorbed.
EXAM
Week 7: Light management 2: Light Scattering
Which techniques can we use to scatter light in our solar cell to enhance optical path length?
Week 8: Electrical Losses
Pull all the concepts together to understand how to engineer solar cells.
EXAM
Prerequisite
Bachelor's degree in Science or Engineering or the successful completion of TU Delft's Professional Certificate Program
.Instructors
Arno Smets
Prof. Dr. Ir.
Delft University of Technology
Miro Zeman
Head of the Electrical Sustainable Energy department
TU Delft
René van Swaaij
Associate Professor, Photovoltaics Material and Devices
TU Delft
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Delft University of Technology (in Dutch: Technische Universiteit Delft), better known as TU Delft, is the oldest and largest public university in the Netherlands.
It is based in Delft, in the Netherlands. In the QS World University Rankings 2022, it is ranked among the top 10 engineering and technology universities in the world. In architecture and civil engineering, it was ranked 2nd in the world, after MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
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