Energia Fotovoltaica: Materiais e Aplicações

Motivated by the present energetic and environmental challenges that our society currently faces, this curricular unit intends to deepen the knowledge of the students in the working principles, technologies, fabrication and characterization processes related with solar energy transformation and exploitation, with emphasis in the systems currently used in the:

1. conversion of solar to electrical energy, by means of photovoltaic (PV) devices;

2. storage of energy, including, batteries, fuel cells, supercapacitors, among others, in view of practical applications.