Solar 202 | Project Bright

Solar 202 Powerpoint is available for download.

Notes are available here.

Video will be posted soon!

For Further Reading:

Science of PV:

– Great overview of science behind photovoltaics

– Clicking around this section of the EERE site will yield a lot of very accessible information of both the scientific and more practical nature

– A bit out of date but pretty readable about the limits of photovoltaic production: K. Zweibel, Harnessing Solar Power: The Photovoltaics Challenge; Plenum Press, 1990

– Focused more for people who want to build/install but still nice: R. J. Komp, Practical Photovoltaics: Electricity from Solar Cells, 3^rd ed. revised, aatec publications, 2002

– More details on organic solar cells: S. Sun, N. S. Sariciftci, Organic Photovoltaics: Mechanisms, Materials, and Devices [if you’re into that kind of thing]

– Articles on up and coming technologies:

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/424600/solar-cells-that-see-red/
TCO’s are pretty important in a lot of current research – eliminating very basic efficiency limiter of metal contacts obstructing some absorption area:
- E. Fortunato et al ‘Transparent Conducting Oxides for Photovoltaics’ available here –> http://journals.cambridge.org/download.php?file=%2FMRS%2FMRS32_03%2FS088376940000693Xa.pdf&code=107598027c4767bbd990e75cf703ee45 if you’re on a Yale network
A really awesome example of nanostructured solar:http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/arpa-e-award-caltechs-harry-atwater-aims-for-50-solar-efficiency
- http://phys.org/news/2012-06-nanocones-key-inexpensive-solar-cells.html

PV Companies:

– Consolidation of the photovoltaic manufacturers

– Current leaders in PV panel production (2012)

– Company-specific developments: