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Solar Photovoltaics: Principles, Technologies & Materials

Prof. Ashish Garg · IIT Kanpur

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Lectures

Week 1 : Introduction and Solar radiation fundamentals

  1. Introduction to Solar Energy Video
  2. Solar Radiation Video
  3. Atmospheric Effects on Solar Radiation Video
  4. Effect of Location on Time Video
  5. Sun-Earth Angular Relations Video

Week 2 : Basic physics of semiconductors

  1. Solar Radiation Measurements Video
  2. Introduction to Band Theory Video
  3. Semiconductor Basics - I Video
  4. Semiconductor Basics - II Video
  5. Electrical Properties of Semiconductors Video

Week 3 : Carrier transport, generation and recombination in semiconductors

  1. Carrier Transport Video
  2. Carrier Transport, Generation and Recombination Video
  3. Recombinaton-Generation statistics Video
  4. Recombinaton-Generation statistics. Video
  5. Recombinaton-Generation statistics.. Video

Week 4 : Semiconductor junctions

  1. P-N Junction basics Video
  2. P-N Junction Characterisitics Video
  3. P-N Junction: Effect of Bias Video
  4. P-N Junction Analysis (Dark) Video
  5. P-N Junction Analysis ( Dark ) Video

Week 5 : Essential characteristics of solar photovoltaic devices

  1. P-N Junction Analysis (Light) Video
  2. P-N Junction Analysis ( Light) Video
  3. P-N Junction Analysis (Light ) Video
  4. P-N Junction Analysis (Light) Video
  5. Solar Cell Device Parameters Video

Week 6 : First Generation Solar Cells

  1. Solar Cell Device Parameters Video
  2. Solar PV Technologies: Introduction Video
  3. Generation-I Technologies (Mono Silicon Solar Cells) Video
  4. Generation-I Technologies (Mono Silicon Solar Cells) Video
  5. Generation-I Technologies (Poly Silicon Solar Cells) Video

Week 7 : Second Generation Solar Cells

  1. Manufacturing of Si Video
  2. Generation I Technologies: GaAs Solar Cells Video
  3. Generation II Technologies: a-Si Solar Cells Video
  4. Generation II Technologies : CdTe Solar Cells Video
  5. Generation II Technologies: CdTe Solar Cells Video

Week 8 : Third Generation Solar Cells

  1. Generation II Technologies: CIGS Solar Cells Video
  2. Generation II Technologies: CIGS and Multijunction Solar Cells Video
  3. Generation III Technologies : Organic Solar Cells Video
  4. Generation III Technologies: Organic Solar Cells Video
  5. Generation III Technologies: Organic and Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Video
  6. Generation III Technologies: Perovskite and CZTS Solar Cells Video

Live Session

  1. Live Session 16-03-2022 Video
  2. Live Session 13-02-2024 Video

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
IIT Kanpur
Department
Metallurgy and Material Science
Teacher
Prof. Ashish Garg
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Engineering
Source
NPTEL
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