XVIII International Materials Reseach Congress - Cancun 2009
16-20 August 2008, Cancún, México

Tutorial Course: Photovoltaics & Solar Energy Materials

Date: 16 August 2009
Time: 09:00 – 17:00
Language: Spanish / English

Professors:

Neelkanth Dhere, FSEC, Florida, USA
Gerko Oskam, CINVESTAV-Merida, Mexico
Hailin Zaho Hu, CIE-UNAM, Mexico
Xavier Mathew, CIE-UNAM, Mexico
Gerardo Contreras Puente, ESFM-IPN, Mexico

Topics:

            1.	Introduction to photovoltaics
                1.1. Semiconductors
                1.2. Bands and Fermi level
                1.3. Photovoltaic effect
                1.4. Electron-hole generation
                1.5. Built-in electric field
                1.6. Different types of junctions 
            
            2.	Fabrication of thin film solar cells (CdTe and CIGS)
                2.1. Chemical methods in thin film PV
                2.2. Physical methods in thin film PV
                2.3. CdTe/CdS solar cells
                2.4. CIGS/CdS solar cells
                2.5. Tandem solar cells 
            
            3.	Dye-sensitized solar cells
                3.1. State of the art
                3.2. Fundamentals & processes
                3.3. Fabrication of the DSC
                3.4. Analysis of recombination and transport kinetics
                3.5. Modules & large-scale applications
                3.6. Future prospects

            4.	Conducting Polymers in Photovoltaics
                4.1. State of the Art (Classification of organic photovoltaic cells and their performance)
                4.2. Fundamentals of Conducting Polymers (Electronic structures, electrical and optical properties)
                4.3. Fabrication Techniques of Polymer based Solar Cells (Synthesis of conducting polymers, layered and bulk organic
                solar cells)
                4.4. Analysis of Recombination and Transport Kinetics (Transient photocurrent measurement techniques for charge 
                transport and recombination studies)
                4.5. Future Prospects (Stability of conducting polymers).
           
            5.	Solar Cell characterization
                5.1. Solar simulation
                5.2. Efficiency (light-to-electric and Quantum)
                5.3. Junction capacitance
                5.4. Series and parallel resistances, Fill Factor

Further information available at the website of Symposium 19: http://www.cie.unam.mx/imrc2009