Acerca de este curso: The goal of the course is to give students awareness of the largest alternative form of energy and how organic / polymer solar cells can harvest this energy. The course provides an insight into the theory behind organic solar cells and describes the three main research areas within the field i.e. materials, stability and processing. NOTE: This course is a specialized course on organic solar cells. If you are looking for a more general solar cell course, we strongly recommend Introduction to solar cells (https://www.coursera.org/learn/solar-cells).
Creada por: Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
Enseñado por: Eva Bundgaard, PhD, Senior Scientist
DTU EnergyEnseñado por: Frederik C. Krebs, PhD, Professor
DTU EnergyEnseñado por: Mikkel Jørgensen, PhD, Senior Scientist
DTU EnergyEnseñado por: Morten Vesterager Madsen, Researcher
DTU Energy
| Compromiso | 10 hours videos and quizzes |
| Idioma | Inglés (English) |
| Cómo aprobar | Aprueba todas las tareas calificadas para completar el curso. |
| Calificaciones del usuario |
Programa
SEMANA 1
Solar Cells and Life Cycle Analysis
By the end of the module we have set the following goals for you: -You should have gained knowledge on solar cells, and their place as a renewable energy -Be able to distinguish between different solar cell technologies -Describe the difference between the three generations of solar cells -Identify the four steps of life cycle analysis -Determine differences between embedded energy, energy return factor, and energy payback time.
7 videos, 9 lecturas
- Reading: Welcome
- Vídeo: Introduction
- Vídeo: 3 Generations of Solar Cells
- Vídeo: Tutorial - Introduction
- Vídeo: Tutorial - Terms and Abbreviations
- Reading: Terms and abbreviations
- Reading: Solar energy
- Reading: Solar cells
- Reading: Solar cells - the three generations
- Vídeo: Life Cycle Analysis - Part I
- Vídeo: Life Cycle Analysis - Part II
- Reading: Life cycle analysis
- Reading: Comparison of OPV with other technologies
- Reading: Environmental impacts of OPV
- Reading: Interpreting the results for OPV
Calificado: Solar cells
Calificado: Getting to Know the OPV Jargon
Calificado: LCA
SEMANA 2
Organic and Polymer Solar Cells
By the end of this module you should: -Be able to identify the different steps in the theory behind the solar cells -Be able to measure the efficiency of a solar cell -Be able to describe the different layers in the solar cell and understand their function -Be ready to argue for different applications of the solar cells.
6 videos, 8 lecturas
- Vídeo: How to Characterize Solar Cells
- Vídeo: Tutorial - IV Curves
- Reading: Polymer solar cells
- Reading: Why polymer solar cells
- Reading: How to messure solar cells
- Reading: Incident photon-to-current efficiency (IPCE)
- Vídeo: Layers in the Solar Cell
- Reading: How do polymer solar cells work
- Reading: The layer stack
- Reading: Tandem Solar Cells
- Vídeo: Applications
- Reading: Suggested Materials
- Vídeo: Recorded Live Session I
Calificado: Determine Solar Cell Parameters
Calificado: Working Principles
SEMANA 3
Materials in Solar Cells
By the end of this module you should: -Know why we need conjugated polymers and side chains -Know about low band gap polymers -Be able to identify the most common polymerization methods -Be familiar with common characterization techniques used with the materials -Know about acceptor materials used in the active layer of organic solar cells.
6 videos, 10 lecturas
- Vídeo: Polymers
- Reading: Conjugated polymers
- Reading: Side chains
- Reading: Important materials
- Reading: Suggested Materials
- Vídeo: Synthesis
- Reading: Polymer synthesis
- Reading: Purification
- Vídeo: Characterization of Polymers
- Vídeo: Examples from Literature
- Reading: UV-vis spectroscopy
- Reading: Electrochemical measurements
- Reading: Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)
- Reading: Size exclusion chromatography
- Vídeo: Recorded Live Session II
Calificado: Materials
Calificado: Polymerization
Calificado: Characterization
SEMANA 4
Stability and Degradation
By the end of this module you should: -Be able to identify different kinds of degradation behaviours -Know about decay curves, including concepts such as burn-in and T80 -Distinguish between different ISOS standards.
7 videos, 9 lecturas
- Vídeo: Decay Curves
- Reading: Degradation and stability
- Reading: Morphological stability
- Reading: Suggested Materials
- Vídeo: ISOS Standards
- Reading: Suggested Materials
- Reading: ISOS standards
- Vídeo: Stability Examples
- Vídeo: Morphological Stability
- Vídeo: Electrical Defects
- Reading: Morphological stability
- Reading: Flexibility and delamination
- Reading: Polymer stability
- Reading: LBIC
- Vídeo: Recorded Live Session III
Calificado: Decay Curves
Calificado: ISOS
Calificado: Stability and Degradation
SEMANA 5
Solar Cell Fabrication
By the end of this module you will be able to: -Describe the lab scale techniques and the pros and cons -Describe the difference between coating and printing -Identify the different coating and printing techniques.
7 videos, 12 lecturas
- Vídeo: Coating - Part II
- Reading: Spin coating
- Reading: Blade coating
- Reading: Spray coating
- Reading: Slot die coating
- Vídeo: Printing - Part I
- Vídeo: Printing - Part II
- Reading: Screen printing
- Reading: Flexographic printing
- Reading: Gravure printing
- Reading: Inkjet
- Vídeo: Upscaling
- Vídeo: Testing and Encapsulation
- Reading: Lab scale fabrication
- Reading: Roll-to-roll (R2R) manufacturing
- Reading: Inks
- Reading: Suggested Materials
- Vídeo: Recorded Live Session IV
Calificado: Coating
Calificado: Printing
SEMANA 6
Wrapping Up
This is the final module of the course and it is almost time to sit back and congratulate yourself! You just have two more videos and an exam to complete.
3 videos, 1 lectura
- Vídeo: Realizing the Solar Park
- Vídeo: Recorded Live Session V
- Reading: Acknowledgements
Calificado: Final Exam
Preguntas Frecuentes
Cómo funciona
Trabajo del curso
Cada curso es como un libro de texto interactivo, con videos pregrabados, cuestionarios y proyectos.
Ayuda de tus compañeros
Conéctate con miles de estudiantes y debate ideas y materiales del curso, y obtén ayuda para dominar los conceptos.
Certificados
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Creadores
Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
DTU focuses on research in technical and natural sciences that contributes to the development of society. As an industrially orientated university, our goal is to supply high-level international research based on combining theory with constructing models and empirical methods.
Calificaciones y revisiones
At first, there was a lot of chemistry which scared me a bit but I like how it was really linked to engineering. I loved it. I got exactly what I wanted to know about OPV technology.
Good explanation on each headings
Interesting learning and very enjoyable.
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I would like to thank DTU and Coursera Platform for providing this opportunity to learn and discover the amazing world of plastic photovoltaics. The course material is very interactive, arousing the learner's interest by asking quizzes straight in the lesson video.