NANO 708 - Spring 2018
Nanomaterials for Photovoltaics
Course information is available through the links below.
Materials:
Text Links:
Third Generation Photovoltaics, by Martin A. Green, Springer, 2006
The Physics of Solar Cells, by Jenny Nelson, Imperial College Press, 2003
Lecture Notes:
1. PV Basics: text, figs, probs
2. Solar Spectrum: text, figs, probs
3. Semiconductors: text, figs, probs
4: Transport: text, figs, probs
5. Recombination: text, figs, probs
6. Homojunctions: text, figs, probs
7. Efficiency: text, figs, probs
8. Multijunction: text, figs, probs
9. Heterojunctions: text, figs
10. Bulk Heterojunctions: text, figs, probs
11. Quantum Confinement: text, figs, probs
12. Hot-Carrier Solar Cells: figs, probs
13. Multiple-Excitation Solar Cells
14. Intermediate-Band Solar Cells: text, figs, probs
15. Optical Conversion
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