NPTEL : NOC:Physics of Renewable Energy Systems (Physics)

Co-ordinators : Prof. Amreesh Chandra


Lecture 1 - Introduction and relevance of the course

Lecture 2 - Energy sources

Lecture 3 - Solar Radiation

Lecture 4 - Solar Photovoltaic Systems

Lecture 5 - Origin of Band Structure and Energy Band Gap

Lecture 6 - Basics of Semiconductors

Lecture 7 - Construction of Solar Cells

Lecture 8 - Characterization of Solar Cells and Future Direction

Lecture 9 - Solar Heaters

Lecture 10 - Introduction to Wind Energy

Lecture 11 - Continuity Equation and its applications

Lecture 12 - Betz Criteria for extracting wind power

Lecture 13 - Wind turbines and their operation

Lecture 14 - Materials Aspects and future direction

Lecture 15 - Introduction to Hydroelectric Power

Lecture 16 - Hydroelectric Power Station and Turbines

Lecture 17 - Wave power and converters

Lecture 18 - Introduction to Tidal Power

Lecture 19 - Tidal Power and Geothermal Energy

Lecture 20 - Introduction to Energy Storage Systems

Lecture 21 - Thermal Energy Storage

Lecture 22 - Basics of Mechanical Energy Storage

Lecture 23 - Pumped Hydroelectric to Flywheels (Mechanical Energy Storage Systems)

Lecture 24 - Introduction to Li-ion battery

Lecture 25 - Characteristics and Parameters of Li-ion batteries

Lecture 26 - Cathode Materials for Li-ion batteries

Lecture 27 - Anode Materials for Li-ion batteries

Lecture 28 - Electrolytes and Separators for Li-batteries

Lecture 29 - From battery to supercapacitors

Lecture 30 - Construction, development and classification of Supercapacitors

Lecture 31 - Electric double layer capacitors (EDLCs)

Lecture 32 - Pseudocapacitors

Lecture 33 - Electrochemical Techniques for Supercapacitors and Batteries

Lecture 34 - From material to a supercapacitor device

Lecture 35 - Effect of temperature on supercapacitor performance

Lecture 36 - Effect of external magnetic field and frequency on supercapacitors

Lecture 37 - Introduction to Fuel Cells

Lecture 38 - Explanation of Fuel cell systems

Lecture 39 - Microbial Fuel Cells

Lecture 40 - Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials for Energy Applications

Lecture 41 - Synthesis of nanomaterials

Lecture 42 - Carbon- and metal-oxide based nanomaterials

Lecture 43 - Nanocatalysts

Lecture 44 - Characterization techniques for solid materials

Lecture 45 - X-ray diffraction method

Lecture 46 - UV-Visible Spectroscopy

Lecture 47 - Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy

Lecture 48 - SEM, TEM and XPS

Lecture 49 - Particle size and zeta potential analysis

Lecture 50 - BET analysis

Lecture 51 - Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy