Solar Cell Optics

This video, published by the Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge Support (NACK) Center at Pennsylvania State University, provides an overview of optics in solar cells for further discussion of nanotechnology and solar cells. During the video, Ozgur Cakmak from Pennsylvania State University begins by defining and introducing light and related concepts followed by a discussion of light absorption in solar cells. After, Cakmak investigates different scenarios related to the interaction of light and matter, including reflection/refraction, waveguiding, Fabry Perot resonances, diffraction/photonic crystals, plasmonics, and Mie scattering.

The video runs 1:36:19 minutes in length. Also included are presentation slides and an audio version.