M.Tech / ICAR-NET · Renewable Energy Engineering

Solar Photovoltaic System Design and Analysis

REE-506 Renewable Energy Engineering

Syllabus topic plan

1. 01Physics of solar cells: band theory and p-n junctions
2. 02Absorption, generation, recombination and carrier separation
3. 03Standard solar cell structure and I-V characteristics
4. 04Conversion efficiency and losses; effect of radiation and temperature
5. 05First-generation silicon wafer technology
6. 06Second-generation thin-film technologies
7. 07Third-generation and emerging PV technologies
8. 08Benchmark efficiencies and fabrication technologies
9. 09SPV systems and Balance of System (BoS)
10. 10System design with PVSyst: standalone and grid-connected
11. 11Rooftop business models; canal-top and floating PV
12. 12Energy storage: batteries, CNTs and ultra-capacitors

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