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- Describe (phenomenologically) the principal phenomena governing the function (and conversion efficiency) of a PV device.
- List currently commercialized technologies, and list strengths, weaknesses of each, and develop a cost model.
- Identify limitations to terrawatt-scale deployment, and possible enabling strategies and technologies.
- Apply the above to a real-world project, evaluating complex trade-offs between technology, economics, policy, and social aspects.
Fundamentals of photoelectric conversion: charge excitation, conduction, separation, and collection. Lectures cover commercial and emerging photovoltaic technologies and cross-cutting themes, including conversion efficiencies, loss mechanisms, characterization, manufacturing, systems, reliability, life-cycle analysis, risk analysis, and technology evolution in the context of markets, policies, society, and environment.
This course is one of many OCW Energy Courses, and it is an elective subject in MIT's undergraduate Energy Studies Minor. This Institute–wide program complements the deep expertise obtained in any major with a broad understanding of the interlinked realms of science, technology, and social sciences as they relate to energy and associated environmental challenges.
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