NEGF theory of quantum photovoltaic devices

22 Sep 2011 | Notes | Contributor(s): Urs Aeberhard

Many high-efficiency photovoltaics concepts require an advanced control and manipulation of the optoelectronic properties of the active device structure, leading to a prominent role of low …

http://nanohub.org/resources/12152

Economic Factors on the Modern Photovoltaic Market

16 Sep 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gregory T. Forcherio

Photovoltaic research is heavily driven by market demand and "green-energy" hopes of the future. Commercial and utility level thin film photovoltaic systems have almost reached grid parity …

http://nanohub.org/resources/12055

Optimum Morphology and Performance Gains of Organic Solar Cells

09 Sep 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Biswajit ray, Muhammad Ashraful Alam

Morphology of light absorbing layer is known to dictate the power conversion efficiency of organic photovoltaic (OPV) cell. The innovation of bulk heterojunction (BHJ) led to significant improvement …

http://nanohub.org/resources/11904

Solar Cells Lecture 4: What is Different about Thin-Film Solar Cells?

29 Aug 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

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 …

http://nanohub.org/resources/11949

Solar Cells Lecture 5: Organic Photovoltaics

29 Aug 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

Organic solar cells make use of low-cost organic polymers for photovoltaics. Although these solar cells may appear to be quite different from solar cells made with conventional, inorganic …

http://nanohub.org/resources/11950

Solar Cell Fundamentals

19 Aug 2011 | Courses | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom, J. L. Gray, Muhammad A. Alam

This set of five tutorials is an introduction to solar cell technology fundamentals.

http://nanohub.org/resources/11888

Solar Cells Lecture 1: Introduction to Photovoltaics

19 Aug 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom

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.

http://nanohub.org/resources/11875

Solar Cells Lecture 2: Physics of Crystalline Solar Cells

19 Aug 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom

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 …

http://nanohub.org/resources/11890

A Physical Model for Non-Ohmic Shunt Conduction and Metastability in Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells

16 Aug 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Sourabh Dongaonkar, Souvik Mahapatra, Karthik Yogendra, Muhammad Alam

In this talk we develop a coherent physics based understanding of the shunt leakage problem in a-Si:H cells, and discuss its implications on cell and module level. Sourabh Dongaonkar is with School …

http://nanohub.org/resources/11841

2011 NCN@Purdue Summer School: Electronics from the Bottom Up

20 Jul 2011 | Workshops

LinkedIn “Electronics from the Bottom Up” is an educational initiative designed to bring a new perspective to the field of nano device engineering. It is co-sponsored by the Intel Foundation and …

http://nanohub.org/resources/11699

Solar Cells Lecture 3: Modeling and Simulation of Photovoltaic Devices and Systems

20 Jul 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): J. L. Gray

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.

http://nanohub.org/resources/11690

NanoDays - Artificial Photosynthesis with Biomimetic Nanomaterials: Self-Repairing Solar Cells

05 May 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jong Hyun Choi

Purdue NanoDays Purdue University Office of Engagement NANOVIS Incorporated Purdue Research Park Intel Corporation nano Professor Verso Paper Corp Purdue University Discover Park Qdoba …

http://nanohub.org/resources/11235

1D Drift Diffusion Model for Crystalline Solar Cells

16 Apr 2011 | Tools | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska, Xufeng Wang

Simulate a 1D solar cell of crystalline material with drift diffusion equations

http://nanohub.org/resources/11161

PV Analyzer

28 Mar 2011 | Tools | Contributor(s): Sourabh Dongaonkar, Muhammad Alam

Extract compact model parameters from solar cell data

http://nanohub.org/resources/11073

Optimize Solar Cells

10 Feb 2011 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska

In this presentation different avenues used to enhance the performance of solar cells are explained.

http://nanohub.org/resources/10791

SILVACO Simulation of Solar Cells

06 Feb 2011 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska

This set of lecture notes describes the SILVACO simulation of Solar Cells. In particular, emphasis is placed on the module LUMINOUS.

http://nanohub.org/resources/10770

OPV: Conjugated Polymer Design and Chemistry for Organic Photovoltaics

21 Jan 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Claire H Woo

This presentation was part of the "Organic Photovoltaics: Experiment and Theory" workshop at the 2010 Users' Meeting of the Molecular Foundry and the National Center for Electron Microscopy, both …

http://nanohub.org/resources/10504

OPV: Morphology and Interfaces in Organic Photovoltaics

21 Jan 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Michael Chabinyc

This presentation was part of the "Organic Photovoltaics: Experiment and Theory" workshop at the 2010 Users' Meeting of the Molecular Foundry and the National Center for Electron Microscopy, both …

http://nanohub.org/resources/10506

OPV: Synthesis and Nanostructure Control of All-conjugated Diblock Copolymers for the Application of Organic Electronic Devices

21 Jan 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Yue Zhang

This presentation was part of the "Organic Photovoltaics: Experiment and Theory" workshop at the 2010 Users' Meeting of the Molecular Foundry and the National Center for Electron Microscopy, both …

http://nanohub.org/resources/10502