GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
HIGH EFFICIENCY SOLAR MODELS/5441351
Course Title: HIGH EFFICIENCY SOLAR MODELS
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Course Semester 1 Type of The Course Elective
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  English
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Describe light-material interaction
Can explain the physical structure and its operation.
Describe the efficiency, open circuit voltage, short circuit current and fill factor parameters.
Explain absorption, radiative and nonradiative recombination and Auger recombination terms.
Can model p-n junction solar cell with detailed balance and drift-diffusion approaches and find detailed balance efficiency limit.
Explain the effect of solar spectrum on the efficiency of solar cell.
Explain the structure of multi-junction solar cell, can analyze it with detailed balance approach.
Explain the structure of multi-absorption solar cells.
Explain the structure of up-down conversion solar cells.
Explain the structure of intermediate band and multi-temperature solar cells.

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  The importance and the goals of solar energy
2. Week  Fundamentals of solar cells
3. Week  Absorption and recombination phenomena in solar cells and their mathematical expressions
4. Week  Effects of Auger mechanism
5. Week  Detailed balance equations and efficiency limit in solar cells
6. Week  The effects of high sun light concentration
7. Week  Introduction to high efficiency solar cells
8. Week  Analysis of Tandem solar cells using detailed balance model
9. Week  Mathematical modeling of multi-absorption solar cells
10. Week  Midterm
11. Week  Operational principles of Thermo photovoltaic cells
12. Week  Analysis of intermediate band solar cells using detailed balance and quasi-drift diffusion models
13. Week  Comparison of detailed balance and quasi-drift diffusion models for all types of the cells
14. Week  Comparison of high efficiency solar cell models from the perspective of efficiency, current,voltage and production cost parameters.
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
30
 Assignment
0
0
 Application
0
0
 Projects
1
30
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
60
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
40
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
14
3
42
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
12
3
36
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
3
42
 Material Design and Implementation
1
10
10
 Report Preparing
1
10
10
 Preparing a Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
1
20
20
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
20
20
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
180
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.2
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Assoc.Prof.Dr. Tuğba Selcen NAVRUZ)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://w3.gazi.edu.tr/~selcen/)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (selcen@gazi.edu.tr)