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Solar Photovoltaics: Principles, Technologies and Materials

Solar Photovoltaics: Principles, Technologies and Materials. Instructor: Prof. Ashish Garg, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, IIT Kanpur. This course is an introductory course on solar photovoltaics materials and devices covering basic physics of materials as well as devices, various solar photovoltaic technologies and their status with a brief discussion of the fabrication aspects of the devices followed by discussion of the pending materials and technologies issues and measurement techniques. (from nptel.ac.in)

Lecture 16 - P-N Junction Basics

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Introduction and Solar Radiation Fundamentals

Lecture 01 - Introduction to Solar Energy

Lecture 02 - Solar Radiation

Lecture 03 - Atmospheric Effects on Solar Radiation

Lecture 04 - Effect of Location on Time

Lecture 05 - Sun-Earth Angular Relations

Lecture 06 - Solar Radiation Measurements

Fundamentals of Semiconductor

Lecture 07 - Introduction to Band Theory

Lecture 08 - Semiconductor Basics

Lecture 09 - Semiconductor Basics (cont.)

Lecture 10 - Electrical Properties of Semiconductors

Carrier Transport, Generation and Recombination in Semiconductors

Lecture 11 - Carrier Transport

Lecture 12 - Carrier Transport, Generation and Recombination

Lecture 13 - Recombination-Generation Statistics

Lecture 14 - Recombination-Generation Statistics (cont.)

Lecture 15 - Recombination-Generation Statistics (cont.)

Semiconductor Junctions

Lecture 16 - P-N Junction Basics

Lecture 17 - P-N Junction Characteristics

Lecture 18 - P-N Junction: Effect of Bias

Lecture 19 - P-N Junction Analysis: Dark

Lecture 20 - P-N Junction Analysis: Dark (cont.)

Essential Characteristics of Solar Photovoltaic Devices

Lecture 21 - P-N Junction Analysis: Light

Lecture 22 - P-N Junction Analysis: Light (cont.)

Lecture 23 - P-N Junction Analysis: Light (cont.)

Lecture 24 - P-N Junction Analysis: Light (cont.)

Lecture 25 - Solar Cell Device Parameters

Lecture 26 - Solar Cell Device Parameters (cont.)

First Generation Solar Cells

Lecture 27 - Solar PV Technologies: Introduction

Lecture 28 - Generation-I Technologies: Mono Silicon Solar Cells

Lecture 29 - Generation-I Technologies: Mono Silicon Solar Cells (cont.)

Lecture 30 - Generation-I Technologies: Poly Silicon Solar Cells

Lecture 31 - Manufacturing of Si

Lecture 32 - Generation-I Technologies: GaAs Solar Cells

Second Generation Solar Cells

Lecture 33 - Generation-II Technologies: a-Si Solar Cells

Lecture 34 - Generation-II Technologies: CdTe Solar Cells

Lecture 35 - Generation-II Technologies: CdTe Solar Cells (cont.)

Lecture 36 - Generation-II Technologies: CIGS Solar Cells

Lecture 37 - Generation-II Technologies: CIGS and Multijunction Solar Cells

Third Generation Solar Cells

Lecture 38 - Generation-III Technologies: Organic Solar Cells

Lecture 39 - Generation-III Technologies: Organic Solar Cells (cont.)

Lecture 40 - Generation-III Technologies: Organic and Dye Sensitized Solar Cells

Lecture 41 - Generation-III Technologies: Perovskite and CZTS Solar Cells