Silicon-based solar cells Characteristics and production processes ...

Silicon-based solar cells – characteristics and production processes
Project
This paper was created within the frames of the project: “Dissemination of the
Achievements of Polish and Global Photovoltaics in the Process of Education on
University Level – 2 nd Edition”. The project was attended by the students of Polish
technical colleges. The general aim of the project was a dissemination of the
knowledge on the achievements of Polish and global photovoltaics in the process
of higher education, as well as on the resulting benefits for the energy sector in
Poland.
The Polish sector of renewable energy sources remains far behind those of other
EU countries (Germany, France), as well as the world’s other highly developed
countries (Japan, the USA), who are developing this manner of energy production.
This is because Poland lacks any legal regulations which would support the
development of photovoltaics and the generally understood market of renewable
energy sources. Another reason is the lack – or insufficiency – of the knowledge on
photovoltaics in the educational programs, both at the primary and the higher level.
That is the case despite the international obligations accepted by the Polish
Republic which state that, up to 2010, the energy coming from renewable sources
should constitute 7,5% of the total gross electric energy consumption, whereas at
present, this index is placed at the level of about 3%.
Only the properly trained and educated specialist staff from the branch
of renewable energy sources will make it possible to face these challenges, which is
to implement systems of renewable energy as alternatives for the energy produced
from carbon combustion. The project has contributed to the solution of this problem
by a popularization of the knowledge on photovoltaics as the key element in the
sector of renewable energy sources.
The aim of the project was: a presentation of the current achievements of the
Polish and global photovoltaics and a creation of a platform for exchanging opinions
and experience between the leading scientists in this field, during the II National
Photovoltaics Conference, as well as a dissemination of the knowledge on the
achievements of the Polish and global photovoltaics and a popularization of the
awareness of the importance of this issue and its implications for the Polish economy.
This aim was realized through trainings, workshops and a contest with a prize –
an apprenticeship at the Photovoltaics Laboratory at the Polish Academy of Sciences.
The tasks implemented within the project drew the students’ attention to the
possibilities and perspectives created by the sector of renewable energy sources,
thus combining the educational system with the needs of the labour market, as well
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