MATS 269Engineering Solar Cells at the Nanoscale
(Cross-listed with NANO 269.) Fundamentals of photovoltaic energy conversion; limiting efficiencies, loss mechanisms. Nanoscale effects in semiconductor, thin film, and organic photovoltaics. Emphasis on emerging nanotechnologies including nanowires, heterostructures, hybrid materials, quantum dots, transparent conducting materials, and plasmonics.
Prerequisites
From the catalog: “graduate standing.”