13424 - Photovoltaic Modulübersicht
| Module Number: | 13424 - module is no longer offered from WS 2011/12 |
| Module Title: | Photovoltaic |
| Photovoltaik | |
| Department: | Faculty 1 - Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Computer Science |
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| Language of Teaching / Examination: | English |
| Duration: | 1 semester |
| Frequency of Offer: | On special announcement |
| Credits: | 4 |
| Learning Outcome: | Students will get an introduction to photovoltaics, including basics about operation and fabrication of solar cells. |
| Contents: | (1) Crash course in semiconductor physics: (a) electrons and holes in semiconductors, (b) generation, transport and recombination of charge carriers, (c) p-n junction under illumination. (2) Solar cell materials, with main focus on crystalline silicon. (3) About steps of semiconductor technology needed for solar cell fabrication. |
| Recommended Prerequisites: | Fundamental knowledge in physics and engineering (after introductory study period / nach dem Grundstudium) |
| Mandatory Prerequisites: | None |
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| Teaching Materials and Literature: | Copies of viewgraphs will be made available. Suggested literature: [1] H.J. Möller “Semiconductors for solar cells”, Artech House, Boston – London, 1993, [2] S.M. Sze, chapter 14 in “Physics of Semiconductor Devices”, John Wiley & Sons, New York …, 1981 |
| Module Examination: | Unspecified - Specification from winter semester 2016/17 required! |
| Assessment Mode for Module Examination: | Verbal examination, 45 min: including a 30 min seminar talk about a related topic |
| Evaluation of Module Examination: | Performance Verification – graded |
| Limited Number of Participants: | None |
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| Remarks: | Photovoltaics is a strongly growing field and it starts to become an industry with multi billion revenue, comparable to microelectronics at present. One expects that within a few decades more than 10 percent of the world-wide energy will be produced by solar cells. During the lecture the main concepts will be depicted in an understandable style. Compulsory elective module in "Applied Physics" of the study programme Physics M.Sc. |
| Module Components: | lecture: Photovoltaic |
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