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EL3405 ELECTROCHEMICAL MATERIALS SCIENCE L T P C
3 0 0 3
UNIT I FUNDAMENTALS OF SEMICONDUCTORS 9
Semiconductors, n-type and p-type semiconductors, conductivity of semiconductors (no
derivation of equations only formulae), applications of semiconductors, photoconductivity,
photoconducting materials, electronic transitions in photoconductors, trapping and
recombination, general mechanism of photoconductivity, life-time of majority carriers,
preparation of CdS photoconductors by the sintering technique, ohmic contacts, fabrication
of photo conductive cells and their applications.
UNIT II METHODS OF PREPARATION 9
Thin films of semiconductors, methods of preparation, vacuum evaporation, sputtering,
molecular beam epitaxy, hot wall epitaxy, chemical bath deposition, spray pyrolysis,
electrodeposition, liquid phase epitaxy, chemical vapour deposition, structural, electrical
and optical characterization, mechanical properties of thin films, effect of grain boundaries.
UNIT III SUPERCONDUCTIVITY 9
Superconductivity (only elementary treatment of theories of superconductivity, no
derivations), properties of superconducting materials, synthesis of high temperature
superconducting materials and their applications.
UNIT IV BASICS OF PHOTOVOLTAICS 9
Basics of photovoltaics (no derivation for (i) minority carrier lifetime (ii) continuity equations
and (iii) p-n junction equation or dark characteristics of a diode(iv) photovoltaic effect
equation (v) total photocurrent generation in pn solar cell), homo and heterojunctions,
preparation of single crystal and polycrystalline silicon solar cells, Metal-Insulator-Metal and
semiconductors – Insulator – semiconductors solar cells, photovoltaic measurements, I-V
characteristics, spectral response and capacitance measurements.
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UNIT V SOLAR CELLS & PHOTO ELECTROCHEMICAL (PEC) CELLS 9
Preparation of CdS/Cu2S solar cells, amorphous Si solar cells, GaAs solar cells and their
characteristics. Semiconductor- electrolyte interface. Photo-electrochemical cells for
conversion of light energy to electrical energy. PEC cells based on CdSe, Si and GaAs and
their output characteristics. Estimation of flat band potential from Mott-Schottky plots.
TOTAL : 45 PERIODS
TEXT BOOKS
1. M.Arumugan, “Materials Science (Physics of Materials)”, Anuradha Agencies, Sept
2002, Third Revised Edition. (Chapter 8 – Superconductors, Chapter 9 –
Semiconductors, Unit I & III).
2. B.S Saxena, R.C.Gupta and P.N. Saxena, “Fundamentals of Solid State Physics” ,
Pragati Prakashan Educational Publishers , Meerut, 1993 (Chapters 17-
Photoconductivity, Unit I).
3. K.L. Chopra and S.R.Das, “Thin Film solar cells”, Plenum New York, 1983. (Chapter 5
- Thinfilm deposition techniques, Chapter 10 – Photoelectrochemical cells, Unit II & V)
4. R.K.Kotnala and N.P.Singh , “Essentials of solar cells”, Allied Publishers P.Ltd., New
Delhi, 1986 (Chapter 5 – Continuity Equation for p-n junction and solar Ltd., (Chapter 6
– Solar cell fabrication technology, Chapter 7 – Characterization techniques,
Characterization of solar cell, Chapter 8 – More about material, Unit IV & V).
REFERENCES
1. C.Hu and R.M.White, “Solar Cells”, McGraw Hill Book Company, New Delhi, 1983
2. A.F.Fahrenbruch and R.H. Bube, “Fundamentals of Solar Cells”, Academic Press,
London,1983.
3. “Photoelectrochemical Solar Cell”, Edited By KSV Santhanam and M.Sharon, Elsevier
Science Publishers, New York 1988.
4. A.C.Rose – Innes and E.H.Rhoderick , “Introduction to Superconductivity”, Elsevier
Science, 1994.
EL3405 ELECTROCHEMICAL MATERIALS SCIENCE L T P C
3 0 0 3
UNIT I FUNDAMENTALS OF SEMICONDUCTORS 9
Semiconductors, n-type and p-type semiconductors, conductivity of semiconductors (no
derivation of equations only formulae), applications of semiconductors, photoconductivity,
photoconducting materials, electronic transitions in photoconductors, trapping and
recombination, general mechanism of photoconductivity, life-time of majority carriers,
preparation of CdS photoconductors by the sintering technique, ohmic contacts, fabrication
of photo conductive cells and their applications.
UNIT II METHODS OF PREPARATION 9
Thin films of semiconductors, methods of preparation, vacuum evaporation, sputtering,
molecular beam epitaxy, hot wall epitaxy, chemical bath deposition, spray pyrolysis,
electrodeposition, liquid phase epitaxy, chemical vapour deposition, structural, electrical
and optical characterization, mechanical properties of thin films, effect of grain boundaries.
UNIT III SUPERCONDUCTIVITY 9
Superconductivity (only elementary treatment of theories of superconductivity, no
derivations), properties of superconducting materials, synthesis of high temperature
superconducting materials and their applications.
UNIT IV BASICS OF PHOTOVOLTAICS 9
Basics of photovoltaics (no derivation for (i) minority carrier lifetime (ii) continuity equations
and (iii) p-n junction equation or dark characteristics of a diode(iv) photovoltaic effect
equation (v) total photocurrent generation in pn solar cell), homo and heterojunctions,
preparation of single crystal and polycrystalline silicon solar cells, Metal-Insulator-Metal and
semiconductors – Insulator – semiconductors solar cells, photovoltaic measurements, I-V
characteristics, spectral response and capacitance measurements.
55
UNIT V SOLAR CELLS & PHOTO ELECTROCHEMICAL (PEC) CELLS 9
Preparation of CdS/Cu2S solar cells, amorphous Si solar cells, GaAs solar cells and their
characteristics. Semiconductor- electrolyte interface. Photo-electrochemical cells for
conversion of light energy to electrical energy. PEC cells based on CdSe, Si and GaAs and
their output characteristics. Estimation of flat band potential from Mott-Schottky plots.
TOTAL : 45 PERIODS
TEXT BOOKS
1. M.Arumugan, “Materials Science (Physics of Materials)”, Anuradha Agencies, Sept
2002, Third Revised Edition. (Chapter 8 – Superconductors, Chapter 9 –
Semiconductors, Unit I & III).
2. B.S Saxena, R.C.Gupta and P.N. Saxena, “Fundamentals of Solid State Physics” ,
Pragati Prakashan Educational Publishers , Meerut, 1993 (Chapters 17-
Photoconductivity, Unit I).
3. K.L. Chopra and S.R.Das, “Thin Film solar cells”, Plenum New York, 1983. (Chapter 5
- Thinfilm deposition techniques, Chapter 10 – Photoelectrochemical cells, Unit II & V)
4. R.K.Kotnala and N.P.Singh , “Essentials of solar cells”, Allied Publishers P.Ltd., New
Delhi, 1986 (Chapter 5 – Continuity Equation for p-n junction and solar Ltd., (Chapter 6
– Solar cell fabrication technology, Chapter 7 – Characterization techniques,
Characterization of solar cell, Chapter 8 – More about material, Unit IV & V).
REFERENCES
1. C.Hu and R.M.White, “Solar Cells”, McGraw Hill Book Company, New Delhi, 1983
2. A.F.Fahrenbruch and R.H. Bube, “Fundamentals of Solar Cells”, Academic Press,
London,1983.
3. “Photoelectrochemical Solar Cell”, Edited By KSV Santhanam and M.Sharon, Elsevier
Science Publishers, New York 1988.
4. A.C.Rose – Innes and E.H.Rhoderick , “Introduction to Superconductivity”, Elsevier
Science, 1994.
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