Faculty Name: Prof. Sai Santosh Kumar Raavi
Course Name: Photovoltaic Technology
Course Period: 03 rd Feb to 24 th Mar 2025 (Monday 12:00 PM to 12:55 PM; Friday 11:00 AM to 11:55 AM)
Number of Credits: 2 credits
Course Contents: Characteristics of the photovoltaic cell; Semiconductor Basics; Silicon solar cells; Thermodynamic limit to efficiency, Light management, electrical losses, thin-film silicon solar cells; Advanced strategies for high-efficiency solar cells; Chalcogenides & III-V Technologies; Organic Photovoltaics; Hybrid Technologies; PV modules.
About the Instructor: Prof. Sai Santosh Kumar Raavi is a Professor in the Department of Physics. Climate Change, IIT Hyderabad. Her research interest is in Optics and Spectroscopy of Energy Conversion Materials, Sensors, Semiconducting Devices, Climate Change, Energy, Nanoscience & Technology, Optics/Photonics/Spectroscopy.
Link for Research Profile: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=wq53pfAAAAAJ&hl=en
