Solar Energy: Photovoltaic Technologies

Part 1. Crystalline silicon

Week 1: Introduction & Crystalline Silicon I
1.2 Introduction to Silicon 1.3 Silicon Processing

Week 2: Crystalline Silicon II
2.1 c-Si Solar Cell Design
2.2 Advanced cell design 2.3 From cell to module

Part 2. Solar Cell Characterization

Week 3: Solar cell characterization
3.1 J-V Measurement
3.2 EQE Measurement
3.3 Reflectance - Transmittance Measurement 3.4 Lifetime Measurement

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Part 3. Thin Film Processing

Week 4: Thin Film Processing
4.1 Thin Film Design 4.2 Thin Film Deposition

Part 4. Thin Film Technologies

Week 5: Thin Film Silicon
5.1 TF Silicon Properties
5.2 Major Challenges
5.3 TF Silicon Processing 5.4 State of the Art TF Silicon Devices

EXAM

Week 6: Chalcogenides & III-V Technologies
6.1 Chalcogenides - CIGS
6.2 Chalcogenides - CdTe
6.3 III-V - Material and Devices 6.4 III-V - Special Applications

Week 7: Organic Photovoltaics
7.1 OPV Basics
7.2 OPV Technologies 7.3 Perovskites

Part 5. Comparing and Combining Technologies

Week 8: Comparing & Combining Technologies
8.1 Comparing PV Technologies
8.2 Hybrid PV Devices 8.3 Hybrid PV Systems

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