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Overview
You will discover how to conduct PV’s life cycle analysis (water consumption, C-footprint, etc.), accelerated lifetime testing and acquiring knowledge on cell and module degradation mechanisms, their recycling and much more.
The Sustainable Photovoltaics course at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) will enable R&D researchers and process engineers working in the field of solar cell and module technology development whether in cell and module manufacturers or at equipment or material suppliers or labs, to enrich their understanding of reliability and sustainability of solar materials, devices, and modules.
What You'll Learn
- Gain working knowledge pertaining to the reliability and sustainability of PV products.
- Gain insight and the ability to explain the role of new advances, innovations and circularity in manufacturing PV products and the impact this will have on the market.
- Gain insight on accelerated lifetime testing and degradation mechanisms.
- Acquire the competences and instruments to be able to tackle problems and challenges of PV technologies to improve their environmental profile.
- Develop a critical attitude towards sustainability of PV and gain the skills to establish alternative technologies to further improve the environmental profile of PV.
Programme Structure
Course syllabus:- Environmental aspects of PV
- State-of-the-art
- PV module technologies and accelerated lifetime testing
- Cell and module degradation
- Novel materials and technologies to improve reliability
- Towards sustainable PV
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 1 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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Language
English
Credits
3 alternative credits
Continuing Education Units
Delivered
Online
Disciplines
Energy Engineering Sustainable Development General Engineering & Technology View 16 other Short Courses in Energy Engineering in NetherlandsAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
This course is geared towards professionals and graduates wanting to upskill themselves.
Prerequisites:
- Important prerequisites for this course are a basic understanding of the working principles of PV modules and some background knowledge about the different types of solar cells and their build-up.
Tuition Fee
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International
450 EUR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 450 EUR for the full programme during 1 months. -
EU/EEA
450 EUR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 450 EUR for the full programme during 1 months.
Funding
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