From Process to Circuits: New Perspectives to Solar Cell Design

As the demand for cheap and clean energy sources increased over the last two decades, solar cells have proven to be strong candidates against the fossil fuels. From an economic perspective, in order to replace fossil fuels, it is required to reduce the cost of solar cells. This can be achieved by depositing thinner absorber layers under low process temperatures, yet these efforts lead to poorer efficiency values. Addressing such trade-offs and providing solutions to this problem have been the main objectives of this study.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Year

2015

Author dc:creator

• Mungan, Elif Selin

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kaushik Roy
• Muhammad A. Alam
• Byunghoo Jung
• Jeffery L. Gray

• Energy Scavenging
• Grain Boundaries
• Numerical Simulations
• Photovoltaic Cells
• Power Management
• Thin Film Devices

Repository record dc:identifier

https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations/1356

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:open_access_dissertations-2572