Master in Materials Science: Materials For Micro and Nano Technologies
Master in Materials Science: Materials For Micro and Nano Technologies
Master in Materials Science: Materials For Micro and Nano Technologies
Class Presentation on
Sana Ullah
Student Master in Materials Science
IUSS
Pavia - Italy
Sources: Handbook of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. ISBN: 0-471-49196-9
Basis of PV Operation
Sources: Handbook of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. ISBN: 0-471-49196-9
Solar Cell
model of a crystalline solar cell
Sources: Handbook of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. ISBN: 0-471-49196-9
Absorption of Light
Sources: Handbook of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. ISBN: 0-471-49196-9
Absorption of Light
Direct band-gap semiconductors
In direct band gap semiconductors, like GaAs, GaInP, CdTe, etc.
both energy and momentum are conserved in the transition
Sources: Handbook of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. ISBN: 0-471-49196-9
Absorption of Light
Indirect band-gap semiconductors
Light absorption is facilitated by either absorption or emission of a
Phonon
Photon absorption in an indirect band gap semiconductor for a photon with energy hν < E2 − E1 and
a photon with energy hν > E2 − E1. Energy and momentum in each case are conserved by the
absorption and emission of a phonon, respectively
Sources: Handbook of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. ISBN: 0-471-49196-9
Generation of Electricity
Sources: Handbook of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. ISBN: 0-471-49196-9
Different Cell Types
About 90% of the PV production consists of Silicon Semiconductor because of
Sources: Handbook of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. ISBN: 0-471-49196-9
Different Cell Types
Sources: Handbook of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. ISBN: 0-471-49196-9
Different Cell Types
Sources: Handbook of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. ISBN: 0-471-49196-9
Current Use and Potential of PV : a comparison
Sources: Handbook of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. ISBN: 0-471-49196-9
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