Solar Energy Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)

Overview

This course explores the advantages, limitations and challenges of different solar cell technologies, such as crystalline silicon solar cell technology, thin film solar cell technologies and the latest novel solar cell concepts as studied on lab-scale. We will discuss the specifications of solar modules and demonstrate how to design a complete solar system for any particular application.

Education Method

The Solar Energy class at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) will consist of a collection of eight to twelve minute lecture videos, exercises, assignments and exams. Specified assignments and the three exams will determine the final grade. The new textbook on "Solar Energy, basics, technology and systems" from the Delft University of Technology will be available for the students on-line and free of charge.

Your course staff will encourage and challenge you to learn from, and interact with, your fellow students by helping each other and sharing ideas and best practices, in the course forum. We were happy to see the incredible number of interesting student videos on solar energy systems from all over the world in the previous edition of this course.

What you'll learn:

• The various methods of converting solar energy into electricity, heat and solar fuels
• The physical working principles of photovoltaic conversion in solar cells
• How to recognize and describe the various solar cell technologies, their current status and future technological challenges
• How to analyze the performance of solar cells and modules
• How to design a complete photovoltaic system for any particular application on paper

Accreditation

LICENSE
The course materials of this course are Copyright Delft University of Technology and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Netherlands License.