Physics of silicon solar cells

École Polytechnique via Coursera

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Syllabus

INTRODUCTION TO SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS

Introduction to semiconductor physics : band structure of crystalline semiconducors, optical absorption and doping.

TRANSPORT PHENOMENA : THE p-n JUNCTION

Transport phenomena in semiconductors : carrier injection by light and recombination; the equilibrium and non-equilibrium p-n junction; the photovoltaic effect

ASYMMETRICAL DEVICES

Metal-semiconductor contacts and semiconductor surface; Heterojunctions

SOLAR CELL OPERATION

Solar Spectrum; solar cell Fundamentals; limitations of conversion efficiency; solar modules

CRYSTALLINE SEMICONDUCTOR SOLAR CELLS

Description of the crystalline silicon photovoltaic technology from bulk crystal growth. Extension to III-V compounds solar cells.

SILICON HETEROJUNCTIONS

Overview

The first MOOC “Photovoltaic solar energy” is a general presentation of the solar photovoltaics technologies in the global energetic context, without extensive details. In particular the description of the solar cell operation is restricted to the ideal case In contrast this second MOOC allows a deep understanding of the properties of solar cells based on crystalline semiconductors. It consists in a general presentation of the physics of the photovoltaics devices with a particular emphasize on

Skills

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Very interesting course to go through, examples were provided clearly and explained well.

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