I/UCRC for Next Generation Photovoltaics

I/UCRC 下一代光伏发电

• 批准号: 1134849
• 负责人: Brian Korgel
• 金额: $ 30.5万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at Austin
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-07-01 至 2016-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1134849&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: UCRC; Next; Generation; Photovoltaics

I/UCRC for Next Generation Photovoltaics 1134849 University of Texas at Austin (UT-A); Brian Korgel The University of Texas, Austin (UT-A) will become a new site in the existing Industry/ University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) for Next Generation Photovoltaics. The I/UCRC for Next Generation Photovoltaics began officially on March 1, 2010, with Colorado State University (CSU) as the only site (and the lead) in the Center. The Center for Next Generation Photovoltaics focuses on the creation of innovative new strategies to low-cost photovoltaic devices by developing novel precursors, materials, and formulations. The biggest long-term challenge facing the photovoltaics (PVs) industry is the development of a low-cost, scalable and reliable manufacturing approach to produce solar cells that are cost competitive with fossil fuels. This requires new PVs with efficiencies higher than 20% that are suitable for use for 20 years in the field and can be manufactured at very low cost. This I/UCRC site will target the development of multijunction thin film PVs that are very cheap to make but can achieve very high efficiencies. New materials, precursors, formulations and processes will be developed. This research is at the frontier of materials science and engineering, chemistry, chemical engineering, physics and electrical engineering. A solution to decrease PV costs significantly would lead to widespread adoption of solar cell technology and a decrease in the world's reliance on non-renewable energy resources. The research problem is also an excellent training arena for future scientists and engineers, as it is highly interdisciplinary and provides a training environment for students. The I/UCRC efforts will also be interfaced with educational programs at CSU and UT-A focused on green technology. The industrial partnerships in the I/UCRC are also vital to the success of the program, and have the potential to catalyze significant economic growth. The proposed site will have a team of faculty and students that is diverse in gender, race and ethnicity and will always strive to increase the diversity of participants in the program.

I/UCRC for Next Generation Photoprophics 1134849德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校（UT-A）; Brian Korgel德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校（UT-A）将成为现有的下一代Photoprophics工业/大学合作研究中心（I/UCRC）的新站点。I/UCRC为下一代光化学开始正式3月1日，2010年，与科罗拉多州立大学（CSU）作为唯一的网站（和领导）在该中心。下一代光生伏打中心专注于通过开发新的前体，材料和配方来创建低成本光伏器件的创新新策略。光伏（PV）行业面临的最大长期挑战是开发低成本，可扩展和可靠的制造方法，以生产与化石燃料相比具有成本竞争力的太阳能电池。这就需要效率高于20%的新型PV，其适合在现场使用20年，并且可以以非常低的成本制造。这个I/UCRC网站将针对多结薄膜PV的开发，这些PV制造成本非常低，但可以实现非常高的效率。将开发新材料、前体、配方和工艺。该研究处于材料科学与工程、化学、化学工程、物理和电气工程的前沿。大幅降低光伏成本的解决方案将导致太阳能电池技术的广泛采用，并减少世界对不可再生能源的依赖。研究问题也是未来科学家和工程师的一个很好的训练竞技场，因为它是高度跨学科的，为学生提供了一个训练环境。I/UCRC的工作也将与CSU和UT-A的教育计划相结合，重点是绿色技术。I/UCRC中的工业伙伴关系对该计划的成功也至关重要，并有可能催化显着的经济增长。拟议的网站将有一个教师和学生的团队，是在性别，种族和民族多样性，并将始终努力增加参与者的多样性在该计划。