SBIR Phase I: Macrocycle-Enhanced Nanotechnology Organic Photovoltaic Solutions

SBIR 第一阶段：大环增强纳米技术有机光伏解决方案

• 批准号: 0945604
• 负责人: Shawn Williams
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: Plextronics, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-01-01 至 2010-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0945604&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Macrocycle; Enhanced; Nanotechnology

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project aims to develop cost-effective organic absorber-based photovoltaics devices by incorporating a unique solar absorber into the p-type semiconductor, which will increase absorption over a broader range of the solar spectrum, leading to the increase in the device current, and thus the energy conversion efficiency. The broader/commercial impact of this project will be the potential to improve the energy conversion efficiency and reduce the cost of Organic Photovoltaics (OPV) devices. Compared to traditional photovoltaics technologies, OPV technology provides the opportunity to generate solar electricity using abundant raw materials and be environmentally friendly. The major challenge that hinders the application of OPV devices is its low conversion efficiency. This project is anticipated to achieve 10-15% improvement of OPV energy conversion efficiency as compared to current technology.

该小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目旨在通过将独特的太阳能吸收剂结合到p型半导体中来开发具有成本效益的有机硅基光电器件，这将增加对更广泛太阳光谱的吸收，从而增加器件电流，从而提高能量转换效率。 该项目的更广泛/商业影响将是提高能量转换效率和降低有机光生物学（OPV）设备成本的潜力。 与传统的光伏技术相比，OPV技术提供了利用丰富的原材料生产太阳能电力的机会，并且是环保的。 阻碍OPV器件应用的主要挑战是其低转换效率。 与现有技术相比，该项目预计将使OPV能源转换效率提高10-15%。