The lecture content will provide the chemistry of materials for energy conversion, including basics concepts and fundamentals of functional materials, chemical synthesis and materials preparation, and their materials properties. The lecture topics will be discussed in the following subjects: Photovoltaic materials and technologies including c-Si solar cells, thin film solar cell (CdTe, CIGS, amorphous Si), organic solar cells, dye-sensitized solar cells, quantum dot solar cells, perovskite solar cells; Energy storage materials technologies, battery and super capacitor; Thermoelectric solar cells; fuel cells; water splitting.