NANO 708 - Spring 2018

Nanomaterials for Photovoltaics

Course information is available through the links below.

Materials:

Flyer

Syllabus

Schedule

constants

 

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

 

Homework:

HW1

HW2

HW3

HW4

 

Quizzes:

Quiz 1

 

Exams:

 

Examples:

calc_IV

calc_np

calc_Jseries

calc_flatband 

calc_JIBSC