| 1. | Course Title | Production of Solar Panels | |||||||||||
| 2. | Code | 4ФЕИТ08020 | |||||||||||
| 3. | Study program | 1-OIE | |||||||||||
| 4. | Organizer of the study program (unit, institute, department) | Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies | |||||||||||
| 5. | Degree (first, second, third cycle) | Second cycle | |||||||||||
| 6. | Academic year/semester | I/1 | 7. | Number of ECTS credits | 6.00 | ||||||||
| 8. | Lecturer | Dr Hristina Spasevska | |||||||||||
| 9. | Course Prerequisites | ||||||||||||
| 10. | Course Goals (acquired competencies):
Gaining knowledge about the different types of solar cells, as well as about the production processes of solar panels. Special emphasis is given to the study of strategies that would increase the production of electricity from solar panels. |
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| 11. | Course Syllabus:
Types of solar cells, materials and technologies. Production processes of solar cells: silicon and thin-layer. Techno-economic analysis of the different types of technologies for solar cells production. Assembly technologies. Concentrator solar panels. Testing and standardization methods. Measures to reduce the production price of solar panels. Strategies and challenges to increase the competitiveness of solar panels in relation to other sources of electricity. Impact of production and use of solar panels on the environment. Solar cell recycling. |
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| 12. | Learning methods:
Lectures, consultations, preparation of projects, presentations, independent study. |
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| 13. | Total number of course hours | 180 | |||||||||||
| 14. | Distribution of course hours | 3 + 3 | |||||||||||
| 15. | Forms of teaching | 15.1 | Lectures-theoretical teaching | 45 hours | |||||||||
| 15.2 | Exercises (laboratory, practice classes), seminars, teamwork | 45 hours | |||||||||||
| 16. | Other course activities | 16.1 | Projects, seminar papers | 30 hours | |||||||||
| 16.2 | Individual tasks | 30 hours | |||||||||||
| 16.3 | Homework and self-learning | 30 hours | |||||||||||
| 17. | Grading | ||||||||||||
| 17.1 | Exams | 30 points | |||||||||||
| 17.2 | Seminar work/project (presentation: written and oral) | 50 points | |||||||||||
| 17.3. | Activity and participation | 20 points | |||||||||||
| 17.4. | Final exam | 0 points | |||||||||||
| 18. | Grading criteria (points) | up to 50 points | 5 (five) (F) | ||||||||||
| from 51 to 60 points | 6 (six) (E) | ||||||||||||
| from 61 to 70 points | 7 (seven) (D) | ||||||||||||
| from 71 to 80 points | 8 (eight) (C) | ||||||||||||
| from 81 to 90 points | 9 (nine) (B) | ||||||||||||
| from 91 to 100 points | 10 (ten) (A) | ||||||||||||
| 19. | Conditions for acquiring teacher’s signature and for taking final exam | 60% success on all pre-exam activities | |||||||||||
| 20. | Forms of assessment | written and oral part | |||||||||||
| 21. | Language | Macedonian and English | |||||||||||
| 22. | Method of monitoring of teaching quality | Self-evaluation | |||||||||||
| 23. | Literature | ||||||||||||
| 23.1. | Required Literature | ||||||||||||
| No. | Author | Title | Publisher | Year | |||||||||
| 1. | Saad Motahhir, Ali M. Eltamaly | Advanced Technologies for Solar Photovoltaics Energy Systems | Sprimger | 2021 | |||||||||
| 2. | Jha, A. R. | Solar Cell Technology and Applications | CRC Press | 2019 | |||||||||
| 3. | Michael Boxwell | Solar Electricity Handbook – 2021 | Green Stream Publishing | 2021 | |||||||||
| 23.2. | Additional Literature | ||||||||||||
| No. | Author | Title | Publisher | Year | |||||||||
| 1. | Augustin McEvoy, Luis Castaner, Tom Markvart | Solar Cells: Materials, Manufacture and Operation | Academic Press | 2012 | |||||||||
| 2. | Robert Castellano | Solar Panel Processing | Archives contemporaines | 2012 | |||||||||
| 3. | MIT | The Future of Solar Energy | An interdisciplinary MIT study | 2015 | |||||||||
