Seminar on Solar Energy
Advisors
Audience
The seminar targets audiences interested in sustainability and renewable energies. It is well suited for students majoring in computational engineering (CE), advanced optical technologies (MAOT), materials science, electrical engineering and energy technologies.
A preliminary discussion was held on 22nd of July 2011 at 9:00am in room 0.111.
Topics
The seminar covers a wide range of topics starting from fundamental principles to manufacturing technologies and methods of system simulation as well as large scale power plants and possible use scenarios of solar energy. In particular, different types of photovoltaics and technologies for harvesting solar energy thermally can be discussed.
- Thermal use of solar energy:
- Solar cooling
- Low-temperature solar systems
- High-temperature solar systems
- Photovoltaics:
- Cell technologies
- Panel technology
- Grid-driven photovoltaics
- Insular systems
Time and Place
There was a first short meeting in room 0.68 (Martensstr. 7) at 9:15 am on Wed, Oct 26th to discuss organizational aspects.
The seminar will consist of four sessions. The dates, time and place are Wednesdays 9:00am to 12:00pm in room 0.68 (Martensstr. 7) on:
- Jan 11
- Jan 18
- Jan 25
- Feb 01
Each session will consist of three or four talks.
Talks
This is the preliminary schedule and is subject to change:
| Time slot |
Topic |
| January 11th |
| 09:20 - 10:00 |
Physics of Thin-film Solar Cells (Ringel) |
| 10:10 - 10:50 |
Upconversion of Light in Solar Cells (Nebiat) |
| January 18th |
| 09:00 - 09:40 |
High-efficiency Solar Cells (Saeed) |
| 09:50 - 10:30 |
Organic Solar Cells (Mehari) |
| 10:40 - 11:20 |
Comparison of Thin-film Technologies (Nkiwane) |
| January 25th |
| 09:00 - 09:40 |
Solar Panels (Balz) |
| 09:40 - 10:20 |
Energy Storage Technologies (Pasko) |
| 10:40 - 11:20 |
Use of Solar Energy for Buildings (Littau) |
| 11:20 - 12:00 |
Solar Based Micro Energy Harvesting (Ojha) |
| February 1st |
| 09:00 - 09:40 |
Production of Thin-film Solar Cells (Ahmad) |
| 09:40 - 10:20 |
Solar Cooling (Chahine) |
| 10:40 - 11:20 |
Solar Power Plants (Zuber) |
| 11:20 - 12:00 |
Desertec (Bulatov) |
Suggested Literature
- Wolf D. Franke: "Erneuerbare Energien: Jobmotor für Erfolg und Karriere. Firmen, Kontakte, Adressen" (Frankfurter Allgemeine Buch, 2009)
- Hans-Günther Wagemann, Heinz Eschrich: "Photovoltaik - Solarstrahlung und Halbleitereigenschaften, Solarzellenkonzepte und Aufgaben" (Teubner-Verlag, 2007)
- Rolf Brendel: "Thin-film Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells - Physics and Technology" (Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2003)
- Yoshihiro Hamakawa: "Thin-film Solar Cells - Next Generation Photovoltaics and Its Applications" (Springer-Verlag, 2004)
