CourseC objectives:
•Develop in-depth understanding of the physics of solar cells
•various photovoltaic tCourseechnologies (PV) and their applications to harness solar energy to electricity
• The course will cover the basic semiconductor physics
•An insight in the fabrication of the solar cells in laboratory and industrial scale module fabrication
•Introduction to power generation using PV in off grid and grid connected systems (in brief)
Course Outcome
If you do the homework, read the assigned readings and actively participate in the in-class problems, you will be able to confidently:
•Explain the working principle and transport of carriers in solar cells
•Differentiate the manufacturing and performance differences between different c-Si wafer technologies and between
c-Si and thin film PV technologies
•Identify the critical losses and loss mechanisms in c-Si solar cells
•Differences and design aspects of off-grid and on-grid PV systems.
•Understand how PV fits into the big picture of electricity generation in India
- Teacher: Dr Aldrin Antony