Education

Computational Nanoscience for Energy
Jeffrey C. Grossman – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alexander S. McLeod – University of California, Berkeley

• A course on computational methods for energy conversion and storage at the nanoscale.

Homework: Illinois ECE 440: Photodiodes
Mohamed Mohamed – University of Illinois

• This homework covers Current and Voltage in an Illuminated Junction, Solar Cells, and PN Junction Simulation.

nanoHUB PhotoVoltaics Reference Zone
Alexander S. McLeod, Jeffrey B. Neaton – University of Califorina, Berkeley
Jeffrey C. Grossman – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• A collection of resources/links on solar cell research.

Renewable Energy Sources
Dragica Vasileska – Arizona State University

• This presentation in pictures describes possibilities and utilization of alternative (green) sources of energy.

Solar Cells: Numerical Solution
Dragica Vasileska – Arizona State University

• MS Thesis of Balaji Padmanabhan, a student of Prof. Vasileska. It describes numerical solution details for the 3D drift-diffusion equations as applied to modeling 1D-3D solar cells.

Solar Cells Operation and Modeling
Dragica Vasileska – Arizona State University
Gerhard Klimeck – Purdue University

• A set of slides on semiconductor physics and simulation of solar cells