Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering
SOLA3507/SOLA9002 Solar Cells
School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering
Lecture 13 – Review Dr Alison Lennon (Rm 127 TETB)
SOLA3507-9002/13-1
Assignment and Quiz Marks
• • Marks for on-time assignments (Assignment 2 and PG Assignment) should be available on BB by next Mon 9 am. Final quiz marks will be available on BB by Fri 14 June (hopefully sooner). Please check your mark and come and see me if you think it is wrong. PLEASE BRING MARKED COPIES OF YOUR QUIZZES WITH YOU. It is your responsibility to pick up your quizzes. Late assignments and Challenge Problem solution will be marked next week and Assignment 2 marks adjusted accordingly. I will not be available for the consultation for the next 2 weeks: Tues 11 and 18 June. But I will be available next Fri 14 June from 2-5 pm. CATEI responses. Please help us by completing your survey.
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SOLA3507-9002/13-2
Aims of the Course
• The broad aim of this course was to provide students with the knowledge that is required to understand the design, operation and characterisation of solar cells. More specifically the course aimed to: • Develop within students a fundamental theoretical understanding of the operation of solar cells; • Expose students to a wide range of solar cell technologies, which are practised in laboratory and commercial environments; and • Develop within students an ability to use available tools and techniques to characterise solar cells.
SOLA3507-9002/13-3
History of Solar Cells
Becquerel Cells: Chemical and physical effects Grondahl’s rectifier: Relates to metal-SC interface
SOLA3507-9002/13-4
First Modern Si Solar Cell
• • Fuller developed high-temperature vapour diffusion for large-area junctions. D.M. Chapin, C.S. Fuller, and G.L. Pearson, “A new silicon p-n junction photocell for converting solar radiation into electrical power”, J. Appl. Phys, 25, 676-677, 1954. Deliberate p-n junction. 6% conversion efficiency in 1954 and 14% by 1958.
School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering
Lecture 13 – Review Dr Alison Lennon (Rm 127 TETB)
SOLA3507-9002/13-1
Assignment and Quiz Marks
• • Marks for on-time assignments (Assignment 2 and PG Assignment) should be available on BB by next Mon 9 am. Final quiz marks will be available on BB by Fri 14 June (hopefully sooner). Please check your mark and come and see me if you think it is wrong. PLEASE BRING MARKED COPIES OF YOUR QUIZZES WITH YOU. It is your responsibility to pick up your quizzes. Late assignments and Challenge Problem solution will be marked next week and Assignment 2 marks adjusted accordingly. I will not be available for the consultation for the next 2 weeks: Tues 11 and 18 June. But I will be available next Fri 14 June from 2-5 pm. CATEI responses. Please help us by completing your survey.
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SOLA3507-9002/13-2
Aims of the Course
• The broad aim of this course was to provide students with the knowledge that is required to understand the design, operation and characterisation of solar cells. More specifically the course aimed to: • Develop within students a fundamental theoretical understanding of the operation of solar cells; • Expose students to a wide range of solar cell technologies, which are practised in laboratory and commercial environments; and • Develop within students an ability to use available tools and techniques to characterise solar cells.
SOLA3507-9002/13-3
History of Solar Cells
Becquerel Cells: Chemical and physical effects Grondahl’s rectifier: Relates to metal-SC interface
SOLA3507-9002/13-4
First Modern Si Solar Cell
• • Fuller developed high-temperature vapour diffusion for large-area junctions. D.M. Chapin, C.S. Fuller, and G.L. Pearson, “A new silicon p-n junction photocell for converting solar radiation into electrical power”, J. Appl. Phys, 25, 676-677, 1954. Deliberate p-n junction. 6% conversion efficiency in 1954 and 14% by 1958.