Solar Cells

By Richard J. Schwartz, WALLA Lecture series
This is an introduction to solar cells for the general public.

Affordable Clean Energy Challenges and Opportunities

By Hukam Mongia
Selected Topics: energy consumption, CO2, SOx/NOx emissions, climate concerns, energy price, economics, reducing NOx, supercritical PC boilers, biomass/ coal gasification, spark ignition, compression ignition.

Renewable Solar Energy, Has the Sun Finally Risen on Photovoltaics?

By Mark Pinto
Selected Topics: photovoltaics, second energy crisis, PV growth, grid parity, PV technologies, PV markets, PV processing, thin film, PV outlook.

Limits of Thermal Processes and their Implications on Efficient Energy Utilization

By Arun Majumbdar
Selected Topics: thermodynamic limits, heat and charge transfer limits, thermoelectric cooling, power generation, design