Academics

Course Introduction

This course adopts an interactive teaching style to provide, within limited class hours, a concise yet in-depth overview of the development of photovoltaic science in the 20th century and its major achievements. Through this course, students will systematically master the fundamentals of photovoltaic materials and semiconductor photovoltaic devices, gain a basic understanding of how photovoltaic power generation systems operate, and learn the working principles of related components.

Course Materials

1) Xiong Shaozhen, Fundamentals and Applications of Solar Cells, Science Press, 2010.

2) Huang Huiliang et al., Solar Cells: Fabrication, Development, and Applications, Science Press, 2012.

3) Wu Yuping et al., Lithium-Ion Batteries: Applications and Practices (2nd Edition), Chemical Industry Press, 2011.

References

(1) Liu Enke, Semiconductor Physics, Publishing House of Electronics Industry, 2006.

(2) S.M. Sze, Physics of Semiconductor Devices (3rd Edition), Xi’an Jiaotong University Press, 2008.

(3) Tian Minbo, Thin Film Technology and Thin Film Materials, Tsinghua University Press, 2006.