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Solar Photovoltaics Fundamentals, Technology and Applications
Prof. Soumitra Satapathi · IIT Roorkee
About
The most important scientific and technical challenges facing humanity in the 21st century are energy security, environmental security and economic security; these can likely be met only through addressing the energy problem with in the next 10–20 years. Meeting global energy demand in a sustainable fashion will require not only increased energy efficiency and new methods of using existing carbon based fuels but also renewable energy. Moreover, rising prices and sporadic shortages of fossil fuels provides the impetus for the present worldwide effort to develop alternative sources of energy. Solar energy is to be a major primary energy source; utilization requires solar capture and conversion. In this course we will discuss about various photovoltaics technologies, different generation of solar cells, device fabrication and characterization techniques and applications in industries.
Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of 12th standard physics is sufficient
Lectures
Week 1
- Energy and its Sources
- Introduction to Solar Energy
- Introduction of Quantum Mechanics in Solar Photovoltaics -I
- Introduction of Quantum Mechanics in Solar Photovoltaics -II
- Introduction of Quantum Mechanics in Solar Photovoltaics -III
Week 2
- Band Theory
- Energy Band Diagram
- Charge Carrier Dynamics in Semiconductor
- P-N junction model and Diode working principle
- Current-Voltage Characteristics of Solar Cell
Week 3
- Equivalent Circuits of Solar Cells, Fill Factor
- Fabrication Process of Semiconductor Grade Silicon
- Fabrication Process of Single crystalline Silicon
- Thin Film deposition Techniques
- Thin Film Solar Cells: Amorphous Silicon
Week 4
- Photo Physics of Dye Sensitized Solar Cells
- Fabrication of Dye Sensitized Solar Cells
- Design of Novel dyes
- Design of Electrolytes
- Quantum Dot Solar Cells
Week 5
- Fabrication of Organic Solar Cells
- Physics of Bulk Hetero Junction (BHJ) Solar Cells
- Photo Physics of Organic Solar Cells
- Morphology Optimization of Organic Solar Cells
- Perovskite Solar Cells
Week 6
- Fabrication of Perovskite Solar Cells
- Photo Physics of Perovskite Solar Cells
- Stability in Perovskite Solar Cells
- Morphology Optimization of Perovskite Solar Cells
- Perovskite Single Crystal Solar Cells
Week 7
- Photophysics in Perovskite Single Crystal Solar Cells
- Applicationss of Perovskite Single Crystal Solar Cells
- Organic Nano Particles Based Solar Cells
- Morphology Optimization in Organic Nanoparticle Based Solar Cells
- Multijunction Tandem Solar Cells
Week 8
Syllabus and materials
At NPTEL, as the course publishes them.
Credits and licence
- Institution
- IIT Roorkee
- Department
- Physics
- Teacher
- Prof. Soumitra Satapathi
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Physics
- Source
- NPTEL
- Licence
- CC BY-NC-SA, as NPTEL states it. Non-commercial use only. NPTEL's terms
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