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Course Name	Turkish	Güneş Enerjisi ve Teknolojisi II
	English	Solar Energy Physics &Tech. II
Course Code	FIZ 476E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	8	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Hakan Karaağaç
Course Objectives		1. Providing fundamental understanding of the functioning of solar cells. 2. Developing the understandable and complete physical principles underlying the function of a semiconductor solar cell. 3. Providing thermodynamic knowledge allowing a general determination of the efficiency limits. 4. Providing basic information on the bulk and thin film solar cell structure and technology
Course Description		Energy economy and solar energy. Photons. Semiconductors. Conversion of thermal radiation into chemical energy. Conversion of chemical energy into electrical energy. Basic structure of solar cells. Limitation of energy conversion in solar cells. Concepts for improving the efficiency of solar cells. Materials, structures and technologies.
Course Outcomes		Students who pass the course will: I. be able to analyze the alternatives for fossil fuel. II. be able to read and understand the scientific publications on solar cell technology. III. be able to estimate the performance of particular solar cell. IV. be able to understand and determine the trends of alternative energy. V. learn the principles of operation and the structure of a solar cell VI. know the basics of solar cell and modules tecnology
Pre-requisite(s)		FIZ252/FIZ201
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