-
Solar Cell Fundamentals
Courses | 19 Aug 2011 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom, J. L. Gray, Muhammad A. Alam
A new version of the course has been posted here. The modern solar cell was invented at Bell Labs in 1954 and is currently receiving renewed attention as a potential contribution to addressing the world's energy challenge. This set of five tutorials is an introduction to solar...
-
Solar Cells Lecture 1: Introduction to Photovoltaics
Online Presentations | 19 Aug 2011 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom
An introduction to solar cells covering the basics of PN junctions, optical absorption, and IV characteristics. Key technology options and economic considers are briefly presented.
-
Solar Cells Lecture 2: Physics of Crystalline Solar Cells
Online Presentations | 19 Aug 2011 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom
Solar cell performance is determined by generation and recombination of electron-hole pairs. This tutorial focussing on recombination losses in crystalline silicon solar cells under short-circuit and open-circuit conditions.
-
A Physical Model for Non-Ohmic Shunt Conduction and Metastability in Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells
Online Presentations | 16 Aug 2011 | Contributor(s):: Sourabh Dongaonkar, Souvik Mahapatra, Karthik Yogendra, Muhammad Alam
In this talk we develop a coherent physics based understanding of the shunt leakage problem in a-Si:H cells, and discuss its implications on cell and module level.Sourabh Dongaonkar is with School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, INKarthik Y and Souvik...
-
Solar Cells Lecture 3: Modeling and Simulation of Photovoltaic Devices and Systems
Online Presentations | 20 Jul 2011 | Contributor(s):: J. L. Gray
Modeling and simulation play an important role in designing and optimizing PV systems. This tutorial is a broad overview of the topic including a look at detailed, numerical device simulation.
-
LCOE Calculator
Tools | 16 Jun 2011 | Contributor(s):: Gregory T. Forcherio
Calculate the Levelized Cost of Energy for a facility or system over its lifetime.
-
NanoDays - Artificial Photosynthesis with Biomimetic Nanomaterials: Self-Repairing Solar Cells
Online Presentations | 05 May 2011 | Contributor(s):: Jong Hyun Choi
-
Tonio Buonassisi
Tonio Buonassisi is author of over 110 journal, conference, and workshop articles focused on photovoltaics. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 2006, where he...
https://nanohub.org/members/54157
-
Camila Andrea González Williamson
Camila Gonzalez is a last year student of Electronics Engineering at Los Andes University. She is a member of the Microelectronic Center at Los Andes University and is participating in the...
https://nanohub.org/members/53812
-
PV Analyzer
Tools | 28 Mar 2011 | Contributor(s):: Sourabh Dongaonkar, Muhammad Alam
Extract compact model parameters from solar cell data
-
ADEPT 2.0 First-Time User Guide
Teaching Materials | 01 Mar 2011 | Contributor(s):: Xufeng Wang
This first-time user guide provides a basic walk-through on how to run the ADEPT simulation tool.
-
ADEPT 2.1
Tools | 25 Feb 2011 | Contributor(s):: Jeff Gray, Xufeng Wang, Raghu Vamsi Krishna Chavali, Xingshu Sun, Abhirit Kanti, John Robert Wilcox
This is an advanced version of ADEPT
-
OPV: Conjugated Polymer Design and Chemistry for Organic Photovoltaics
Online Presentations | 21 Jan 2011 | Contributor(s):: Claire H Woo
This presentation was part of the "Organic Photovoltaics: Experiment and Theory" workshop at the 2010 Users' Meeting of the Molecular Foundry and the National Center for Electron Microscopy, both DOE-funded Research Centers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
-
OPV: Morphology and Interfaces in Organic Photovoltaics
Online Presentations | 21 Jan 2011 | Contributor(s):: Michael Chabinyc
This presentation was part of the "Organic Photovoltaics: Experiment and Theory" workshop at the 2010 Users' Meeting of the Molecular Foundry and the National Center for Electron Microscopy, both DOE-funded Research Centers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
-
OPV: Synthesis and Nanostructure Control of All-conjugated Diblock Copolymers for the Application of Organic Electronic Devices
Online Presentations | 21 Jan 2011 | Contributor(s):: Yue Zhang
This presentation was part of the "Organic Photovoltaics: Experiment andTheory" workshop at the 2010 Users' Meeting of the Molecular Foundry andthe National Center for Electron Microscopy, both DOE-funded ResearchCenters at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
-
OPV: Time Domain Ab Initio Studies of Organic-Inorganic Composites for Solar Cells
Online Presentations | 21 Jan 2011 | Contributor(s):: Oleg Prezhdo
This presentation was part of the "Organic Photovoltaics: Experiment and Theory" workshop at the 2010 Users' Meeting of the Molecular Foundry and the National Center for Electron Microscopy, both DOE-funded Research Centers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
-
OPV: First Principles Studies of the Electronic Structure of Organic Solids and Interfaces
Online Presentations | 20 Jan 2011 | Contributor(s):: Sahar Sharifzadeh
This presentation was part of the "Organic Photovoltaics: Experiment and Theory" workshop at the 2010 Users' Meeting of the Molecular Foundry and the National Center for Electron Microscopy, both DOE-funded Research Centers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
-
Organic Photovoltaics: Experiment and Theory
Workshops | 21 Jan 2011 | Contributor(s):: Biwu Ma, Eric Isaacs, Jeffrey B. Neaton
This workshop at the 2010 Users' Meeting of the Molecular Foundry and the National Center for Electron Microscopy, both DOE-funded Research Centers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, explored the challenges, opportunities, and recent progress in organic photovoltaics. Dr. Jeffrey B. Neaton...
-
OPV: Large Scale Ab Initio Simulation for Charge Transport in Disordered Organic Systems
Online Presentations | 21 Jan 2011 | Contributor(s):: Lin-Wang Wang
This presentation was part of the "Organic Photovoltaics: Experiment and Theory" workshop at the 2010 Users' Meeting of the Molecular Foundry and the National Center for Electron Microscopy, both DOE-funded Research Centers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
-
OPV: Untangling the Essence of Bulk Heterostructure Organic Solar Cells: Why the Complex Need not be Complicated
Online Presentations | 21 Jan 2011 | Contributor(s):: Muhammad Alam
This presentation was part of the "Organic Photovoltaics: Experiment and Theory" workshop at the 2010 Users' Meeting of the Molecular Foundry and the National Center for Electron Microscopy, both DOE-funded Research Centers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.