I-Corps: Magnetic Resonance Imaging thermometry using ferromagnetic particles

这个I-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是一个高效率，负担得起的和美观的太阳能产品。该产品不仅可以使太阳能更便宜，还可以加速向可再生能源的迁移。拟议的太阳能产品可以集成到住宅屋顶或其他建筑集成解决方案中。最终目标是提供一种太阳能解决方案，该解决方案具有普通太阳能电池板的效用，但成本较低，并且具有改善的美观性。 将探索更低成本、更轻的太阳能电池板的潜在应用。 此外，还将研究太阳能瓦和其他建筑一体化解决方案。这个I-corps项目旨在通过制造混合太阳能设备来实现高效率和负担得起的太阳能，该设备使用简单和低成本的表面处理，对硅光吸收剂进行低成本的聚合物涂层，以完成电池。初步建模表明，高功率效率是可实现的这种设备结构。 一个根本性的创新是开发了一种独特的载流子选择性接触，这种接触可以在低温下用简单的、地球资源丰富的技术制造。除了工艺简单和效率高的优点外，其他优点还包括使用成本较低的硅衬底，以及低成本的本地制造，没有有毒的副产品。 由于制造（包括模块制造）的简单性，该技术可以快速地缩放。由于使用这种技术制造的模块在重量上也将比传统模块轻得多，因此它们还可以通过大幅降低安装成本来提供另一个市场机会。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is a high efficiency, affordable and aesthetically pleasing solar product. Not only would this product make solar energy more affordable, it might also accelerate the migration to renewable energy. The proposed solar product could be integrated into residential roofing or perhaps another building integrated solution. The ultimate aim is to provide a solar solution that has the utility of ordinary solar panels but is lower cost and has improved aesthetic. Potential applications for lower cost, lighter, solar panels will be explored. Also, solar shingles and other building integrated solutions will be investigated.This I-corps project aims at realizing high efficiency and affordable solar by fabricating hybrid solar devices using a simple and low cost surface treatment for the silicon light absorber with a low cost polymer coating to complete the cell. Initial modeling suggests that high power efficiencies are attainable with this device structure. A fundamental innovation is the development of a unique carrier selective contact that can be fabricated at low temperatures with simple, earth-abundant technology. In addition to its advantage of simple processing and high efficiency, other advantages include the use of lower cost silicon substrates, and low-cost local manufacture without toxic by-products. Because of the simplicity of the fabrication, including module fabrication, this technology can be rapidly scaled. Because modules made using this technology will also be substantially lighter in weight than conventional modules, they may also provide another market opportunity by substantially reducing the installation costs.