| Detailed information | 
                                
                    
                      | Original study plan | Master's programme Polymer Technologies and Science (PTS) 2019W | 
                      
                    
                      | Objectives | Introduction of the basic mechanisms of solar energy conversion and the working principles of solar cells and modules;
Provide an overview on the role of plastics in photovoltaics | 
                      
                    
                      | Subject | Fundamentals of Solar Energy Conversion
Working principles of Photovoltaic Cells
Photovoltaic Systems
Economics of Photovoltaics
Plastics in Photovoltaics
 | 
                                                            
                    
                      | Criteria for evaluation | Oral or Written Examination | 
                       
                    
                                 
                    
                      | Methods | Lecture based on PowerPoint slides Manuscript based on lecture slides
 | 
                                     
                    
                      | Language | German or English | 
                      
                    
                      | Study material | Lecture Notes Physics of Solar Cells, Peter Würfel ISBN-10: 3-527-40857-6
 Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells, A. Götzberger et al. ISBN-10: 0-471-97144-8
 Regenerative Energiesysteme, V. Quaschning ISBN 978-3-446-42151-6
 | 
                      
                    
                      | Changing subject? | No | 
                                        
                      | Corresponding lecture | 479PISDPHVV12: VL Photovoltaic (3 ECTS) | 
    
                                        
                      | Earlier variants | They also cover the requirements of the curriculum (from - to) 479PISDPHVV12: VL Photovoltaic (2012W-2019S)
 
 |