1. Photovoltaic Systems Engineering
SEC598
Photovoltaic Systems Engineering
(SEC501 Solar Engineering and Commercialization, I)
Session 06
Solar Cells, part 2
September 05, 2017

2. Session 06 Components PV System Components Solar cell fabrication
Solar cell operation
Solar cell electrical characterization

3. The Doping Model
Pierret

4. The Doping Model, cont.
Pierret

5. The Fermi Level (or, the chemical potential)
Pierret

6. The PN Junction
Nelson

7. The PN Junction, cont.
Neudeck

8. Electrical “carriers” in the PN-Junction
Neudeck

9. Electrical “carriers” in the PN-Junction, cont.
Neudeck

10. Electrical “carriers” in the PN-Junction, cont.
Neudeck

11. The Shockley Equation
Neudeck

12. Now add photons to the system
Nelson

13. Equivalent circuit of the ideal solar cell
Nelson

14. Current and Voltage in the Solar Cell
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15. Resources
Jenny Nelson, The Physics of Solar Cells, Imperial College Press, 2003
Robert F. Pierret, Semiconductor Fundamentals, V.1., Modular Series on Solid State Devices, Addison-Wesley, 1988
Gerold W. Neudeck, The PN Junction Diode, V.2., Modular Series on Solid State Devices, Addison-Wesley, 1989