2.627 / 2.626 Fundamentals of Photovoltaics, Fall 2011
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Author(s)
Buonassisi, Tonio
Alternative Title
Fundamentals of Photovoltaics
Date Issued
December 2011
Abstract
In this course, students learn about the fundamentals of photoelectric conversion: charge excitation, conduction, separation, and collection. Lectures cover commercial and emerging photovoltaic technologies and cross-cutting themes, including conversion efficiencies, loss mechanisms, characterization, manufacturing, systems, reliability, life-cycle analysis, and risk analysis. Some of the course will also be devoted to discussing photovoltaic technology evolution in the context of markets, policies, society, and environment.
Subjects
photovoltaics
renewable energy
solar
pn-junction
quantum efficiency
bandgap
thermalization
semiconductor
thin films
charge excitation
conduction
commercialization
emerging technologies
conversion efficiencies
loss mechanisms
manufacturing
life-cycle analysis
markets
policy
society
environment
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
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