- INTRODUCTION TO SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS
- Introduction to semiconductor physics : band structure of crystalline semiconducors, optical absorption and doping.
- TRANSPORT PHENOMENA : THE p-n JUNCTION
- Transport phenomena in semiconductors : carrier injection by light and recombination; the equilibrium and non-equilibrium p-n junction; the photovoltaic effect
- ASYMMETRICAL DEVICES
- Metal-semiconductor contacts and semiconductor surface; Heterojunctions
- SOLAR CELL OPERATION
- Solar Spectrum; solar cell Fundamentals; limitations of conversion efficiency; solar modules
- CRYSTALLINE SEMICONDUCTOR SOLAR CELLS
- Description of the crystalline silicon photovoltaic technology from bulk crystal growth. Extension to III-V compounds solar cells.
- SILICON HETEROJUNCTIONS