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ELEC 4703

Solar Cells

0.5 credit · Undergraduate

Semiconductor band structure, photogeneration, the solar spectrum. Detailed analysis of monocrystalline silicon solar cells. Solar cells based on thin film materials: amorphous silicon, III-V materials, organics, titania-dye cells. Cells for concentrator systems. Photovoltaic power systems. Solar cells for building envelopes.

2025

Readings

  • S.M. Sze, Physics of Semiconductor Devices, Wiley, 2006.
  • P. A. Lynn, Electricity from Sunlight: an introduction to photovoltaics, Wiley, 2010.
  • Other suggested references: S. R. Wenham, M. A. Green, M. E. Watt, and R. Corkish, Applied Photovoltaics, Earthscan, 2007.
  • S. Pizzini (Editor), Advanced Silicon Materials for Photovoltaic Applications, Wiley, 2012. (electronic) S. Fonash, Solar Cell Device Physics, Elsevier, 2nd Ed., 2010. (electronic)

Prerequisites & course information

Prerequisite(s): ELEC 2501 and ELEC 2507 and fourth-year standing in Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering, or ELEC 2501 and ELEC 2507 and fourth-year standing in Engineering with permission of the instructor. Lectures three hours per week, laboratories/problem analysis three hours alternate weeks.

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