NPTEL : NOC:Solar Photovoltaics: Principles, Technologies and Material (Metallurgy and Material Science)

Co-ordinators : Dr. Ashish Garg


Lecture 1 - Introduction to Solar Energy

Lecture 2 - Solar Radiation

Lecture 3 - Atmospheric Effects on Solar Radiation

Lecture 4 - Effect of Location on Time

Lecture 5 - Sun-Earth Angular Relations

Lecture 6 - Solar Radiation Measurements

Lecture 7 - Introduction to Band Theory

Lecture 8 - Semiconductor Basics - I

Lecture 9 - Semiconductor Basics - II

Lecture 10 - Electrical Properties of Semiconductors

Lecture 11 - Carrier Transport

Lecture 12 - Carrier Transport, Generation and Recombination

Lecture 13 - Recombinaton-Generation statistics

Lecture 14 - Recombinaton-Generation statistics (Continued...)

Lecture 15 - Recombinaton-Generation statistics (Continued...)

Lecture 16 - P-N Junction basics

Lecture 17 - P-N Junction Characterisitics

Lecture 18 - P-N Junction: Effect of Bias

Lecture 19 - P-N Junction Analysis (Dark)

Lecture 20 - P-N Junction Analysis (Dark)

Lecture 21 - P-N Junction Analysis (Light)

Lecture 22 - P-N Junction Analysis (Light)

Lecture 23 - P-N Junction Analysis (Light)

Lecture 24 - P-N Junction Analysis (Light)

Lecture 25 - Solar Cell Device Parameters

Lecture 26 - Solar Cell Device Parameters

Lecture 27 - Solar PV Technologies: Introduction

Lecture 28 - Generation-I Technologies (Mono Silicon Solar Cells)

Lecture 29 - Generation-I Technologies (Mono Silicon Solar Cells)

Lecture 30 - Generation-I Technologies (Poly Silicon Solar Cells)

Lecture 31 - Manufacturing of Si

Lecture 32 - Generation I Technologies: GaAs Solar Cells

Lecture 33 - Generation II Technologies: a-Si Solar Cells

Lecture 34 - Generation II Technologies: CdTe Solar Cells

Lecture 35 - Generation II Technologies: CdTe Solar Cells

Lecture 36 - Generation II Technologies: CIGS Solar Cells

Lecture 37 - Generation II Technologies: CIGS and Multijunction Solar Cells

Lecture 38 - Generation III Technologies: Organic Solar Cells

Lecture 39 - Generation III Technologies: Organic Solar Cells

Lecture 40 - Generation III Technologies: Organic and Dye Sensitized Solar Cells

Lecture 41 - Generation III Technologies: Perovskite and CZTS Solar Cells