I/UCRC Phase II: Next Generation Photovoltaics

I/UCRC 第二阶段：下一代光伏发电

• 批准号: 1540007
• 负责人: Walajabad Sampath
• 金额: $ 22.5万
• 依托单位: Colorado State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-07-15 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1540007&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: UCRC; Phase; II; Next; Generation

The IUCRC for Next Generation Photovoltaics (NGPV) is a two-site I/UCRC entering its second Phase of operation. The center comprises personnel and facilities at The University of Texas at Austin and Colorado State University. Energy sustainability represents one of the grand challenges facing modern society, and solar power provides an important source of renewable energy. Sunlight can be converted directly to electricity using a photovoltaic (PV) device, or solar cell, and the vision and long-term goal of the Next Generation Photovoltaics (NGPV) IUCRC is to help establish PV electricity as a major source of energy in the United States and the world. The NGPV IUCRC is at the forefront of PV research. The goals of this project are for the Center to bring technological, engineering, educational and policy advances to enable a significant increase in the use of PV and make solar electricity a major source of energy. The research program focuses on advancing PV materials and devices, seeking to improve device efficiencies while lowering cost, as well as other key issues facing the PV industry, including challenges associated with balance of systems (BOS), maintenance and operations (M&O), deployment strategies, policy and education. The NGPV IUCRC provides a collaborative environment between the PV industry and university researchers to enable ground-breaking advances in PV. To enable solar to be a major source of energy, the Center is working to introduce a number of technological, engineering, educational, and policy advances. During Phase I of the NGPV IUCRC, working in close collaboration with industry, new strategies have been developed to lower the cost of power generated by solar cells. For instance, key technologies have been created within the I/UCRC research program and translated into industry for commercial use by PV module producers and has resulted in the formation of three startup companies. Nearly 40 students at all levels have been trained in the center. To address the needs of the Industry, new research sites at Texas A&M University (TAMU) and the Colorado School of Mines are being created. Recruitment and training of students among under-represented groups will continue to be a focus effort of the NGPV IUCRC with the aim of significantly increasing the diversity of the workforce in both academia and the PV industry.

下一代光化学技术（NGPV）的IUCRC是一个双站点I/UCRC，进入其第二阶段的操作。该中心由德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校和科罗拉多州立大学的人员和设施组成。能源可持续性是现代社会面临的重大挑战之一，而太阳能是可再生能源的重要来源。太阳光可以直接转换为电力使用光伏（PV）设备，或太阳能电池，下一代光伏（NGPV）IUCRC的愿景和长期目标是帮助建立光伏电力作为美国和世界的主要能源。 NGPV IUCRC处于光伏研究的最前沿。该项目的目标是为中心带来技术，工程，教育和政策的进步，使光伏的使用显着增加，使太阳能发电的主要能源。 该研究计划的重点是推进光伏材料和设备，寻求提高设备效率，同时降低成本，以及光伏行业面临的其他关键问题，包括与系统平衡（BOS），维护和运营（M O），部署战略，政策和教育相关的挑战。 NGPV IUCRC为光伏行业和大学研究人员提供了一个合作环境，以实现光伏领域的突破性进展。为了使太阳能成为一种主要的能源，该中心正在努力引进一些技术，工程，教育和政策的进步。 在NGPV IUCRC的第一阶段，与工业界密切合作，制定了降低太阳能电池发电成本的新战略。例如，在I/UCRC研究计划中创建了关键技术，并将其转化为光伏组件生产商的商业用途，并导致三家初创公司的形成。该中心已培训了近40名各级学生。为了满足行业的需求，德克萨斯农工大学（TAMU）和科罗拉多矿业学院正在建立新的研究基地。 在代表性不足的群体中招聘和培训学生将继续是NGPV IUCRC的重点工作，旨在显着增加学术界和光伏行业劳动力的多样性。