COURSE

AMAT5950

The Physics of Photon Energy Conversion

Function Hub / Advanced Materials · 3 Credits

Photon energy conversion is a key research area of renewable energy which produces electricity and chemical fuel from the sunlight or artificial light and photo sensing. However, this research area presents major material challenges, both in terms of electronic kinetics and thermodynamics. This course will introduce the major research area of photon energy conversion applications: photovoltaic, photochemical fuels and photodetectors; then introduce the operation of solar cells, solar fuels and photodetectors, and their underlying mechanisms in terms of device physics, photophysics and related quantum physics.