Session 17 Ecophysiology

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Building students engagement

Publikacja przedstawia sposób budowania zaangażowania studentów w rozwój własny – od zdobywania informacji i wiedzy, poprzez jej analizowanie pod kątem przydatności do rozwiązania problemu aż do stosowania zdobytych umiejętności w pracy z innymi. Realizacja podanych celów stała się możliwa dzięki zastosowaniu połączenia kilku metod dydaktycznych oraz narzędzi wykorzystywanych w pracy metodą Webquestów. Przeanalizujemy przedstawiony proces budowania zaangażowania analizując przykładowe efekty pracy studentów kierunku Transport Wydziału Mechanicznego Politechniki Łódzkiej, a szczególnie sposoby wykorzystania zdobytej wiedzy w pracy z innymi.The publication presents a way of building students engagement through preparing projects and explaining the gained knowledge. Reaching the target was possible due to combining PBL and WebQuest. The examples of the projects show that the students not only got to know many new facts/theorems, but they also worked on quite well known ideas. While analysing different problems, they found many aspects that could be considered in their analyses. The presentations prepared by the students during their work on the projects were not described in detail. An extra value that their engagement brought was highlighted. A list of workshops based on the problems prepared by the students was later compiled. The students of the Mechanical Faculty of Lodz University of Technology showed that they could not only explain normal situations by using an advanced theory, but they could also translate scientific laws to young people

Training engineers with the use of Lego Technic systems, explained based on an example of automated shearer model

W artykule przedstawiono samodzielnie zaprojektowany i skonstruowany przez studentów Studenckiego Koła Naukowego „Konstrukcja i Eksploatacja Maszyn” model zrobotyzowanego kombajnu górniczego, w ramach realizacji projektu pod nazwą „Model zrobotyzowanego kombajnu górniczego”. Model ten pełni funkcję pomocy dydaktycznej oraz w innowacyjny sposób ubogaca proces kształcenia przyszłych inżynierów w górnictwie.The article presents a model of an automated shearer, independently designed and constructed within the project named "Model of an Automated Shearer” performed by the Students of the Machine Construction and Operation Science Society, which is operating at the Mining Mechanization Institute, Faculty of Mining and Geology of the Silesian University of Technology. This model serves as a teaching aid as well as an innovative way to enrich the educational process of future engineers in the mining industry

Studying of Perovskite Nanoparticles in PMMA Matrix Used As Light Converter for Silicon Solar Cell

The nanoparticles of CH3NH3PbBr3 hybrid perovskites were synthesized. These perovskite nanoparticles we embedded in polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) in order to obtain the composite, which we used as light converter for silicon solar cells. It was shown that the composite emit the light with the intensity maximum at about 527 nm when exited by a short wavelength (300÷450 nm) of light. The silicon solar cells were used to examine the effect of down-conversion (DC) process by perovskite nanoparticles embedded in PMMA. For experiments, two groups of monocrystalline silicon solar cells were used. The first one included the solar cells without surface texturization and antireflection coating. The second one included the commercial cells with surface texturization and antireflection coating. In every series of the cells one part of the cells were covered by composite (CH3NH3PbBr3 in PMMA) layer and second part of cells by pure PMMA for comparison. It was shown that External Quantum Efficiency EQE of the photovoltaic cells covered by composite (CH3NH3PbBr3 in PMMA) layer was improved in both group of the cells but unfortunately the Internal Quantum Efficiency was reduced. This reduction was caused by high absorption of the short wavelength light and reabsorption of the luminescence light. Therefore, the CH3NH3PbBr3 perovskite nanoparticles embedded in PMMA matrix were unable to increase silicon solar cell efficiency in the tested systems

Studying of Perovskite Nanoparticles in PMMA Matrix Used as Light Converter for Silicon Solar Cell

The nanoparticles of CH3NH3PbBr3 hybrid perovskites were synthesized. These perovskite nanoparticles we embedded in polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) in order to obtain the composite, which we used as light converter for silicon solar cells. It was shown that the composite emit the light with the intensity maximum at about 527 nm when exited by a short wavelength (300÷450 nm) of light. The silicon solar cells were used to examine the effect of down-conversion (DC) process by perovskite nanoparticles embedded in PMMA. For experiments, two groups of monocrystalline silicon solar cells were used. The first one included the solar cells without surface texturization and antireflection coating. The second one included the commercial cells with surface texturization and antireflection coating. In every series of the cells one part of the cells were covered by composite (CH3NH3PbBr3 in PMMA) layer and second part of cells by pure PMMA for comparison. It was shown that External Quantum Efficiency EQE of the photovoltaic cells covered by composite (CH3NH3PbBr3 in PMMA) layer was improved in both group of the cells but unfortunately the Internal Quantum Efficiency was reduced. This reduction was caused by high absorption of the short wavelength light and reabsorption of the luminescence light. Therefore, the CH3NH3PbBr3 perovskite nanoparticles embedded in PMMA matrix were unable to increase silicon solar cell efficiency in the tested systems

Si/ZnO nanorods with Ag nanoparticles/AZO heterostructures in PV applications

Our studies focus on test structures for photovoltaic applications based on zinc oxide nanorods grown using a low-temperature hydrothermal method on a p-type silicon substrate. The nanorods were covered with silver nanoparticles of two diameters – 20–30 nm and 50–60 nm – using a sputtering method. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) micrographs showed that the deposited nanoparticles had the same diameters. The densities of the nanorods were obtained by means of atomic force microscope (AFM) images. SEM images and Raman spectroscopy confirmed the hexagonal wurtzite structure of the nanorods. Photoluminescence measurements proved the good quality of the samples. Afterwards an atomic layer deposition (ALD) method was used to grow ZnO:Al (AZO) layer on top of the nanorods as a transparent electrode and ohmic Au contacts were deposited onto the silicon substrate. For the solar cells prepared in that manner the current-voltage (I-V) characteristics before and after the illumination were measured and their basic performance parameters were determined. It was found that the spectral characteristics of a quantum efficiency exhibit an increase for short wavelengths and this behavior has been linked with the plasmonic effect