| Master ICARE - year 2011-2012 |
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| Proposed timetable for block "Fundamentals of Solar Energy" |
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25.February |
26. February |
27.February |
28.February |
1.March |
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Lecture - Nassarbasics of PV cells and modules |
Lecture - Nassar
Basics of semiconductor crystal physics for PV |
Lecture - Nassar
Absorption of light by semiconductors ; generation and recombination |
Lecture - Nassar
The pn junction
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| 10h15-11h45 |
Lecture -Nassar Course overview - introduction to PV. Industry, markets, facts and figures |
Exercise - Nassar, Cariou, DornstetterIV curve of PV cells - dependence on illumination and temperature |
Lecture - Nassar
Crystalline silicon manufacturing |
Lecture - Nassar
Semiconductor doping ;
Carrier dynamics in semiconductors - diffusion and drift ; diffusion length |
Lecture - Nassarbasic silicon solar cell technology |
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Lecture - Nassar
Basics of solar radiation |
Exercise - Nassar, Cariou, DornstetterElectrical model of solar cell |
Exercise - Nassar, Cariou, DornstetterSeries and parallel assembly of solar cells, current mismatch, bypass diodes |
Exercise - Nassar, Cariou, Dornstetter solar spectrum, optical absorption by silicon, calculation of maximum current available |
Exercise - Nassar, Cariou, Dornstetter Optical losses. Optimization of an antireflection coating |
15h45
17h15 |
Exercise - Nassar, Cariou, Dornstetter
Exploitation of daily solar irradiance data |
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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4. March |
5. March |
6. March |
7. March |
8. March |
| 8h30-9h45 |
Lecture -Nassar
More on semiconductor physics for PV |
Lecture -NassarIntroduction to thin-film silicon technology |
Lecture and exercise - Mayer
Solar resource ;
+ invited talk of Pr Kaare Sandholt to be scheduled within the day |
Lecture and exercise - Mayer
PV systems
+ 1hour invited talk of Pr Roca I Cabarrocas to be scheduled within the day |
Personal work |
| 10h00-11h16 |
Lecture -Nassar
Crystalline solar cell design and optimization |
Lecture -Nassar
Other solar cell technologies |
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Exercise -Nassar, Cariou, DornstetterElementary calculations on semiconductors |
Exercise -Nassar, Cariou, Dornstettersolar cell optimization with PC1D |
Final Quiz (under supervision of ICARE staff) |
