Solar Energy Basics
Learn about how solar energy works and the benefits of solar energy to humanity.
Average Course Length
15 hours
Skill Level
Beginner
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1: Introduction to Solar Energy
2: 1.1 General introduction to the course
3: 1.2 Energy Conversion - Part I
4: 1.2 Energy Conversion - Part II
5: 1.3 Solar Energy Technologies
6: 1.4 History of solar energy
7: 1.5 Status and prospects of solar energy
8: 1.6 Solar Light I
9: 1.7 Solar Light II
10: DelftX ET3034TUx: Feedback - Definitions
11: ET3034TUx: Review Assignment 1.4
12: 2.1 How to transform light into electricity
13: 2.2 Band Gap I - Electrons in an atom
14: 2.3 Band Gap II - Electrons in molecular bonds
15: 2.4 Charge Carriers - part I
16: 2.4 Charge Carriers - part II
17: 2.5 Transport of charge carriers
18: 2.6 Semiconductor junction
19: 2.7 Semiconductor junction: the solar cell
20: 3.1 Solar Cell Operation
21: 3.2 External Parameters
22: 3.3 Series and shunt resistance
23: 3.4 Utilization of band gap energy
24: 3.5 Spectral Utilization I
25: 3.6 Spectral utilization II
26: 3.7 Light Trapping I
27: 3.8 Light Trapping II
28: 4.1 Properties of crystalline silicon
29: 4.2 Manufacturing of crystalline silicon
30: 4.3 Design rules of the crystalline silicon solar cells
31: 4.4 High efficiency concepts of c-Si wafer based solar cells
32: 4.5 From solar cells to solar modules
33: 5.1 - III-IV PV Technology
34: 5.2 - Thin film silicon PV technology - part I
35: 5.2 - Thin film silicon PV Technology - part II
36: 5.3 - CIGS PV Technology
37: 5.4 - CdTe PV Technology
38: 5.5 - Organic PV Technology
39: 6.1 - Third Generation PV Technologies
40: 6.2 part I - Solar thermal energy: Basic Principles
41: 6.2 part II - Solar thermal energy: Solar Heating
42: 6.2 part III - Solar thermal energy: Solar Thermal Power
43: 6.3 Solar Fuels
44: 7.1 - PV Systems - introduction
45: 7.2 part I - PV Modules I
46: 7.2 part II - PV Modules II
47: 7.3 - MPPT
48: 7.4 - Inverters
49: 7.5 part I - Batteries - Introduction
50: 7.5 part II - Batteries - Parameters
51: 7.5 part III - Charge Controllers
52: 8.1 Stand-Alone PV Systems
53: 8.2 Grid-Connected PV Systems
54: 8.3 Economics of PV Systems
55: 8.4 Environmental Considerations of PV Systems
56: 8.5 Final Thoughts