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nano-MOOC: Fundamentals of solar cells (advanced topics)

Nano-MOOC

Fundamentals of solar cells (advanced topics)

prof. Antonio Martí - UPM-IES

Interactive access from Dec. 14^th to 27^th 2017

CHEETAH e-learning platform has launched a series of nano-MOOCs Massive Online Open Courses “Learning PV at Cheetah speed” proposed and realized by Instituto de Energía Solar Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - IES-UPM under the leadership of prof. Carlos del Cañizo.

They are independent courses so any interested student, younger researcher and also, Engineers, R&D staff can register for just one of them, of for the three of them if they like.

Interested participants can follow at their own path, with an estimated student effort of around 20 hours hours of dedication from the student, including the presentations, readings and exercise.

They are very specific beyond “Fundamentals of PV”, focused on a relevant topic for researchers and PhD students, and accessible online, so that anyone can access based on his/her own needs and time availability.

Fundamentals of solar cells (advanced topics)

The second course of this series is offered by prof. Antonio Martí IES-UPM and it is titled “Fundamentals of solar cells (advanced topics).

Prof. A. Martí and prof. A. Luque have been within the pioneers in proposing new concepts for solar cells could provide large photogenerated currents while maintaining a high output voltage [1].

The objectives of this course are the following :

to understand the difference in Shockley models for solar cells
to understand the implications of photon recycling
to understand the fundamentals of the intermediate band solar cell
to understand “quasi-Fermi levels

Video-presentations, suggested readings and exercises will help students and younger researchers to go deeper into this very important topic with an estimated student effort of around 20 hours.

[1]: A. Luque and A. Martí , Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 5014 (1997)

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Dr.	Antonio Martí	UPM-IES
Dr.	Carlos del Cañizo	UPM-IES

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Photon recycling and Shockley’s diode equation

MARTÍ Antonio

The Shockley’s diode equation predicts a current-voltage characteristic different from that used by Shockley and Queisser to compute the limiting efficiency of photovoltaic energy conversion under the assumptions of the detailed balance theory. The reasons for such discrepancy are discussed to understand the fundamentals on which the computation of the limiting efficiency of solar cells is based.