Solar Cell Fundamentals
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| Lecture Number/Topic | Online Lecture | Video | Lecture Notes | Supplemental Material | Suggested Exercises |
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| Solar Cells Lecture 1: Introduction to Photovoltaics | View Flash | View | Notes | YouTube |
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| An introduction to solar cells covering the basics of PN junctions,
optical absorption, and IV characteristics. Key technology options and economic considers are briefly presented. |
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| Solar Cells Lecture 2: Physics of Crystalline Solar Cells | View Flash | View | Notes | YouTube |
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| Solar cell performance is determined by generation and recombination of electron-hole pairs. This tutorial focussing on recombination losses in crystalline silicon solar cells under short-circuit … |
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| Solar Cells Lecture 3: Modeling and Simulation of Photovoltaic Devices and Systems | View Flash | View | Notes | YouTube |
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| Modeling and simulation play an important role in designing and
optimizing PV systems. This tutorial is a broad overview of the topic
including a look at detailed, numerical device simulation. |
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| Solar Cells Lecture 4: What is Different about Thin-Film Solar Cells? | View Flash | View | Notes | YouTube |
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| Thin film solar cells promise acceptable efficiency at low cost. This
tutorial examines the device physics of thin-film solar cells, which
generally require a different type of analysis than … |
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| Solar Cells Lecture 5: Organic Photovoltaics | View Flash | View | Notes | YouTube |
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