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Contents
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| Week 1: |
The Status of PV energy in Turkey and in the World
Energy statistics for the conventional and renewable energy systems
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| Week 2: |
Cells, modules, and systems
Basic properties of sunlight
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| Week 3: |
Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, band gap, Fermi-Dirac distribution function
Carrier concentrations and electrical conductivity
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| Week 4: |
Semiconductor p-n junctions
Generation and recombination of electron-hole pairs
Optical absorption
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| Week 5: |
Semiconductor devices and their operating principles
(Diodes, Schottky Junctions, Transistors, and LEDs) |
| Week 6: |
Solar cell device principles
Current-voltage curve parameters and their characteristic properties
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| Week 7: |
Inorganic and organic based next generation solar cell and module technologies
MIDTERM EXAM
ANNOUNCEMENT OF TERM PROJECT TOPICS |
| Week 8: |
Photovoltaic module device principles
The effect of irradiance, intensity, temperature, and partial shading on module parameters
Resistive losses and their effects on module performance |
| Week 9: |
Design of solar cells and modules and design problems |
| Week 10: |
Degradation mechanisms in PV modules |
| Week 11: |
Standard certification tests for PV modules |
| Week 12: |
Weathering of PV modules and module materials
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| Week 13: |
TERM PROJECT PRESENTATIONS |
| Week 14: |
TERM PROJECT PRESENTATIONS |
| Week 15*: |
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| Week 16*: |
FINAL EXAM |
| Textbooks and materials: |
Kasap, S., Principles of Electronic Materials and Devices, McGraw Hill, 2005.
S.R. Wenham, M.A. Green, M.E. Watt, R. Corkish, "Applied Photovoltaics", 2nd ed., Earthscan Publishing, 2009.
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| Recommended readings: |
P.A. Lynn, "Electricity from Sunlight: An Introduction to Photovoltaics", John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2010. |
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* Between 15th and 16th weeks is there a free week for students to prepare for final exam.
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