Lectures
- 1. Background I
- 2. Background II
- 3. Charge excitation and conduction I
- 4. Charge excitation and conduction II
- 5. Charge separation I
- 6. Charge separation II
- 7. Charge collection, and the solar cell device
- 8. Review
- 9. Crystalline silicon solar cells
- 10. Crystalline silicon solar cells II
- 11. Thin Films
- 12. Review
- 13. Guest Lecture
- 14. Developing technologies
- 15. Photoelectric conversion efficiency
- 16. Photoelectric conversion efficiency II
- 17. Modules, systems, and reliability
- 18. Cost and manufacturability
- 19. Price, markets, and subsidies
Fundamentals of Photovoltaics - Lecture 15
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Lecture 15 - Photoelectric conversion efficiency
Theoretical efficiency limits. Efficiency loss mechanisms. Optical losses, recombination losses, surface recombination velocity, series and parallel resistance (shunts). Specific loss mechanisms in each technology class. Evaluation of loss mechanisms, common characterization tools.
Prof. Tonio Buonassisi
2.626 Fundamentals of Photovoltaics, Fall 2008 (Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare) http://ocw.mit.edu Date accessed: 2009-07-29 License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA |
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