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Renewable Energy Technologies: Photovoltaic’s Fundamentals, Technology and Application

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14/06/2026 - 18/06/2026 DUBAI

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Renewable Energy Technologies: Photovoltaic’s Fundamentals, Technology and Application

 

Course Objectives:

This comprehensive course outline for Photovoltaics: Fundamentals, Technology, and Applications covers everything from basic solar physics to system design and economics. It is designed to provide engineering and sustainability students with the technical and practical skills needed for the solar energy industry. 
 
Course Outline:
Module 1: Fundamentals of Solar Energy & Semiconductors
  • Solar Radiation: Understanding the sun, solar spectrum, and terrestrial irradiance.
  • Semiconductor Physics: Atomic structure of silicon, energy bandgaps, charge carriers (electrons and holes), and doping.
  • The Photovoltaic (PV) Effect: Light absorption, charge carrier generation, recombination, and the p-n junction model. 
 
Module 2: Solar Cell Device Physics & Operation
  • Current-Voltage (I-V) Characteristics: Operation in dark and illuminated conditions, fill factor, and conversion efficiency.
  • Equivalent Circuit Models: The single-diode and two-diode models, and series/shunt resistances.
  • Loss Mechanisms: Optical and recombination losses, and methods for efficiency improvement. 
 
Module 3: PV Cell Technologies
  • First Generation: Crystalline silicon (mono-si, poly-si) solar cell manufacturing and design concepts.
  • Second Generation: Thin-film technologies including Amorphous Silicon (a-Si), Cadmium Telluride (CdTe), and CIGS.
  • Third Generation & Emerging Tech: Perovskite solar cells, organic solar cells, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), and quantum dot cells.
 
Module 4: Solar Modules, Arrays, and Generators
  • Module Fabrication: Cell interconnection, encapsulation, and bypassing diodes.
  • Environmental & Operational Factors: Temperature coefficients, shading effects, and dirt/dust impacts on performance.
  • Concentrated Photovoltaics (CPV) & Space Applications: Multi-junction cells and tracking systems.
 
Module 5: System Technology & Design Applications
  • System Balance of Systems (BOS): DC/AC inverters, charge controllers, Maximum Power Point Trackers (MPPT), and cabling.
  • System Configurations: Stand-alone (off-grid) systems with battery storage, and grid-connected PV systems.
  • Energy Storage Integration: Sizing battery banks and integrating electrochemical storage.
 
Module 6: Economics, Policy, and System Sizing
  • System Sizing and Design: Calculating energy demand, estimating system yield, and layout planning.
  • Simulation & Analysis Software: Introduction to simulation tools like PVsyst or HOMER for location-specific performance prediction.
  • Economics & Policies: Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), Net Present Value (NPV), feed-in tariffs, and global renewable energy policies. 

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