Degradation, Mitigation, and Forecasting Approaches in Thin Film Photovoltaics

Dipankar Deb completed his Ph.D. from University of Virginia, Charlottesville under the supervision of Prof.Gang Tao, IEEE Fellow and Professor in the department of ECE in 2007. In 2017, he was elected to be a IEEE Senior Member. He has served as a Lead Engineer at GE Global Research Bengaluru (2012-15) and as an Assistant Professor in EE, IIT Guwahati 2010-12. Presently, he is a Professor in Electrical Engineering at Institute of Infrastructure Technology Research and Management (IITRAM), Ahmedabad. His research interests include Control theory, Stability analysis and Renewable energy systems. Dr. Kshitij BhargavaKshitij Bhargava is Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Institute of Infrastructure, Technology, Research and Management (IITRAM). Their research interests lie in Fabrication and Simulation of Organic/Inorganic Semiconductor based Nanoelectronics Devices such as Thin Film Transistors, Solar Cells, Light-Emitting Devices and Photodetectors, VLSI Design.

• 1. Introduction to Photovoltaics2. Thin Film Photovoltaics (TFPVs)3. Performance limiting issues in TFPVs4. Yield Increase Through Soiling Prevention5. Water-Free Automated Solar Panel Cleaning6. Numerical Simulations of Potential Induced Degradation7. Potential Induced Degradation (PID) for Multicrystalline Soiled Solar Panels: A Forecasting based Approach8. Optimization of on-site Potential Induced Degradation Detection Methods (PID)9. Next generation PVs and critical issues

Select Guide Rating