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Photovoltaic Solar Cell Generations

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Photovoltaic Solar Cell Generations

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  • Course type

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  • Course duration

    509 Min

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  • Language

    English

Why enroll

Understand the key technological differences between the three generations of photovoltaic solar cells.

Analyze the efficiency, material composition, and scalability of different PV technologies.

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Course details

This course focuses on the evolution of solar cell technologies, exploring the different "generations" of photovoltaic (PV) cells from their early development to cutting-edge innovations. It provides you the understanding of their technological advancements, efficiencies, materials etc.

Source : NPTEL IIT Roorkee(Youtube Channel)

Prof. Soumitra Satapathi, Dept. of Physics, IIT Roorkee

Course suitable for

  • Electronics & Instrumentation
  • Energy & Utilities
  • Electrical

Key topics covered

  1. First-Generation Photovoltaics

  2. Second-Generation Photovoltaics

  3. Third-Generation Photovoltaics

Course content

The course is readily available, allowing learners to start and complete it at their own pace.

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Photovoltaic Solar Cell Generations

16 Lectures

509 min

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    Equivalent Circuits of Solar Cells, Fill Factor

    32 min

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    Fabrication Process of Semiconductor Grade Silicon

    29 min

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    Fabrication Process of Single crystalline Silicon

    25 min

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    Thin Film deposition Techniques

    31 min

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    Thin Film Solar Cells: Amorphous Silicon

    21 min

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    Photo Physics of Dye Sensitized Solar Cells

    45 min

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    Fabrication of Dye Sensitized Solar Cells

    24 min

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    Design of Novel dyes

    32 min

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    Design of Electrolytes

    20 min

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    Quantum Dot Solar Cells

    41 min

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    Fabrication of Organic Solar Cells

    29 min

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    Physics of Bulk Hetero Junction (BHJ) Solar Cells

    37 min

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    Photo Physics of Organic Solar Cells

    38 min

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    Morphology Optimization of Organic Solar Cells

    30 min

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    Organic Nano Particles Based Solar Cells

    33 min

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    Morphology Optimization in Organic Nanoparticle Based Solar Cells

    42 min

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