3 credits
Fall 2025 Lecture Upper Division
This course introduces the electronic, optical and material properties and the manufacturing of photovoltaic devices. Topics include electronic charge separation, transportation and recombination; optical concentration, trapping and confinement; material preparations in photovoltaic systems; bulk crystal, thin-film and organic photovoltaic device configurations; energy storage; as well as emerging concepts in photovoltaics. Discussions also involve the process and equipment for the manufacturing of various photovoltaic modules, with special emphasis on driving down the cost of photovoltaic systems.
Learning Outcomes1Understand different market segments for photovoltaics and their key requirements.
2Understanding of p-n junctions, drift and diffusion of charges, LUMO and HOMO.
3Extract efficiency from i-v characteristics of photovoltaic cells.
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