Explores spacecraft electrical power sources, including solar panels, batteries, fuel cells, and radioisotope generators, with examples from past space missions.
Explores solar energy capture, storage, and conversion into electricity, discussing photovoltaic and thermal systems, market trends, and future potential.
Explores solar energy conversion devices, thermal transport basics, solar thermal collectors, semiconductors, electrochemistry, and concentrated solar power.
Explores charging electric vehicles with solar power from the owner's roof, showing the potential to cover a significant portion of home charging demand.
Covers the basics of energy states in matter, thermal transport, and solar systems, emphasizing the importance of electrochemistry in solar energy applications.
Explores the fabrication, testing, and integration of PV modules, including failure modes, detection methods, and the most efficient solar panels in 2022.
