4020240037 Physics of solar cells and their analysis by electron microscopy
Digital- & Präsenz-basierter Kurs
- classroom language
- EN
- aims
- Physics of solar cells; various characterization and simulation techniques applied on semiconductor materials and devices; focus on various electron microscopy methods.
- requirements
- Basics of semiconductor physics
- structure / topics / contents
- Basics of semiconductor physics, generation and recombination of charge carriers, diffusion and drift currents, p-n junctions, tandem devices, current-voltage characteristics, detailed balance / Shockley-Queisser limit, quantum efficiency, electroluminescence, capacitance spectroscopy, basics of device simulations; scanning and transmission electron microscopy methods with specific application on solar cells: imaging, diffraction, energy-dispersive and wavelength-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, electron energy-loss spectroscopy, electron holography, cathodoluminescence, electron-beam-induced current measurements.
- assigned modules
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P25.2.a
- amount, credit points; Exam / major course assessment
- 3 SWS, 6 SP/ECTS (Arbeitsanteil im Modul für diese Lehrveranstaltung, nicht verbindlich)
Oral exam
- other
- Self-registration code: PV-HU
Literature:
P. Würfel & U. Würfel, Physics of solar cells, Springer (3rd edition)
D. Abou-Ras, T. Kirchartz, U. Rau (eds.), Advanced Characterization Techniques for Thin-Film Solar Cells, Wiley (2nd edition)
- contact
- PD Dr. Daniel Abou-Ras, abourasd@hu-berlin.de
- literature
-
P. Würfel, U. Würfel. Physics of solar cells. Springer
D. Abou-Ras, T. Kirchartz, U. Rau . Advanced Characterization Techniques for Thin-Film Solar Cells. Wiley
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- quod vide:
- http://www.physik.hu-berlin.de/en/sem/teaching
- Moodle link:
- http://moodle.hu-berlin.de/course/view.php?id=126575