Course: Solar Cell Technologies
Code: 3ФЕИТ08034
ECTS points: 6 ECTS
Number of classes per week: 3+0+0+3
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Margarita Ginovska
Course Goals (acquired competencies): Introduction to solar cell technologies. Classification of solar cells on the kind of material, construction, efficiency, assembling, size and shape. First generation solar cells – conventional technologies of silicon solar cells. Second generation solar cells – thin film solar cells with amorphous silica, CIS/CIGS, CdTe – characterization and modelling. Possibilities of thin film solar cells application for terawatt production. Third generation solar cells: dye sensitive solar cells DSSC, organic photovoltaics – production, characterization and modelling. Nanotechnologies for solar cells. Future trends – next generation solar cells and their application.
Course Syllabus: Introduction to solar cell technologies. Classification of solar cells on the kind of material, construction, efficiency, assembling, size and shape. First generation solar cells – conventional technologies of silicon solar cells. Second generation solar cells – thin film solar cells with amorphous silica, CIS/CIGS, CdTe – characterization and modelling. Possibilities of thin film solar cells application for terawatt production. Third generation solar cells: dye sensitive solar cells DSSC, organic photovoltaics – production, characterization and modelling. Nanotechnologies for solar cells. Future trends – next generation solar cells and their application.
Literature:
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Required Literature |
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A. Luque and S. Steven | Handbook of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering | John Wiley & Sons, | 2003 |
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Martin A. Green | Third Generation Photovoltaics: advanced solar energy conversion | Birkhauser | 2006 |
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J. Poortmans and V. Arkhipov | Thin Film Solar Cells – Fabrication, Characterisation and Applications | Wiley& Sons. Ltd, | 2005 |
