Syllabus
1. Solar radiation conversion directly into electricity.
2. Solar radiation.
3. Photovoltaic effect in semiconductors Generation and recombination of the charge carriers, their lifetime. Continuity and diffusion equations.
4. Bulk and barrier photovoltaic effect. Illuminated P-N homo-and heterojunction and Schottky diode. Surface photovoltage, space-charge region.
5. Solar cells Principles of operation, fundamental parameters. Efficiency and loss mechanisms. Materials, technology and disign of cells and modules based on crystalline, polycrystalline and amorphous silicon, CdTe and CIS. Concentrating systems.
6. Organic solar cells
7. Low-dimensional structures for solar cells, third generation cells.
8. Application and economics
Annotation
Photoelectrical properties of semiconductors, photovoltage effect, principle of solar cell operation. Materials for solar cells, technology, construction, application, ecology and economics.