本课程主要为能源化学工程和化学工程与工艺专业的本科学生开设，具体内容包括：太阳能基本知识，太阳能光热转换、光电转换和光化学转换的基本原理、类型、结构设计、以及典型实例（包括太阳灶，太阳能热水器与热水系统，太阳能干燥，太阳房，太阳能制冷与空调、太阳能光伏发电、光解水制氢和光催化去除污染物等），太阳能产业发展现状与未来发展前景等。This course is set up mainly for undergraduates majoring in Chemical Engineering for Energy and Chemical Engineering and Technology. Specific contents contain as below: the fundamentals of solar energy；basic working principles, type, structure, and development trends of solar photo-thermal conversion, opt electric conversion and photochemical conversion as well as typically practical cases i.e. solar cooker, solar water heater and hot water system, solar drying, sun house, solar refrigeration and air conditioning, solar photovoltaic power generation, photo-splitting water to generate hydrogen and photo-catalytic degradation of pollutants; the development status and future prospects of solar energy industry.