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Solar Photovoltaics: Principles, Technologies and Materials. Instructor: Prof. Ashish Garg, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, IIT Kanpur.

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1138 years, 9 months

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41

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This course is an introductory course on solar photovoltaics materials and devices covering basic physics of materials as well as devices, various solar photovoltaic technologies and their status with a brief discussion of the fabrication aspects of the devices followed by discussion of the pending materials and technologies issues and measurement techniques. (from nptel.ac.in)

Course Currilcum

    • Lecture 01 – Introduction to Solar Energy Unlimited
    • Lecture 02 – Solar Radiation Unlimited
    • Lecture 03 – Atmospheric Effects on Solar Radiation Unlimited
    • Lecture 04 – Effect of Location on Time Unlimited
    • Lecture 05 – Sun-Earth Angular Relations Unlimited
    • Lecture 06 – Solar Radiation Measurements Unlimited
    • Lecture 07 – Introduction to Band Theory Unlimited
    • Lecture 08 – Semiconductor Basics Unlimited
    • Lecture 09 – Semiconductor Basics (cont.) Unlimited
    • Lecture 10 – Electrical Properties of Semiconductors Unlimited
    • Lecture 11 – Carrier Transport Unlimited
    • Lecture 12 – Carrier Transport, Generation and Recombination Unlimited
    • Lecture 13 – Recombination-Generation Statistics Unlimited
    • Lecture 14 – Recombination-Generation Statistics (cont.) Unlimited
    • Lecture 15 – Recombination-Generation Statistics (cont.) Unlimited
    • Lecture 16 – P-N Junction Basics Unlimited
    • Lecture 17 – P-N Junction Characteristics Unlimited
    • Lecture 18 – P-N Junction: Effect of Bias Unlimited
    • Lecture 19 – P-N Junction Analysis: Dark Unlimited
    • Lecture 20 – P-N Junction Analysis: Dark (cont.) Unlimited
    • Lecture 21 – P-N Junction Analysis: Light Unlimited
    • Lecture 22 – P-N Junction Analysis: Light (cont.) Unlimited
    • Lecture 23 – P-N Junction Analysis: Light (cont.) Unlimited
    • Lecture 24 – P-N Junction Analysis: Light (cont.) Unlimited
    • Lecture 25 – Solar Cell Device Parameters Unlimited
    • Lecture 26 – Solar Cell Device Parameters (cont.) Unlimited
    • Lecture 27 – Solar PV Technologies: Introduction Unlimited
    • Lecture 28 – Generation-I Technologies: Mono Silicon Solar Cells Unlimited
    • Lecture 29 – Generation-I Technologies: Mono Silicon Solar Cells (cont.) Unlimited
    • Lecture 30 – Generation-I Technologies: Poly Silicon Solar Cells Unlimited
    • Lecture 31 – Manufacturing of Si Unlimited
    • Lecture 32 – Generation-I Technologies: GaAs Solar Cells Unlimited
    • Lecture 33 – Generation-II Technologies: a-Si Solar Cells Unlimited
    • Lecture 34 – Generation-II Technologies: CdTe Solar Cells Unlimited
    • Lecture 35 – Generation-II Technologies: CdTe Solar Cells (cont.) Unlimited
    • Lecture 36 – Generation-II Technologies: CIGS Solar Cells Unlimited
    • Lecture 37 – Generation-II Technologies: CIGS and Multijunction Solar Cells Unlimited
    • Lecture 38 – Generation-III Technologies: Organic Solar Cells Unlimited
    • Lecture 39 – Generation-III Technologies: Organic Solar Cells (cont.) Unlimited
    • Lecture 40 – Generation-III Technologies: Organic and Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Unlimited
    • Lecture 41 – Generation-III Technologies: Perovskite and CZTS Solar Cells Unlimited