I-Corps: Magnetic Resonance Imaging thermometry using ferromagnetic particles

这个i-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是一种高效率、经济实惠和美观的太阳能产品。这种产品不仅会让太阳能变得更实惠，还可能加速向可再生能源的过渡。拟议中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。其最终目标是提供一种太阳能解决方案，它具有普通太阳能电池板的实用价值，但成本更低，美观程度更高。将探索成本更低、更轻的太阳能电池板的潜在应用。此外，还将研究太阳能瓦片和其他建筑集成解决方案。这个i-corps项目旨在通过制造混合太阳能器件来实现高效率和负担得起的太阳能，该混合太阳能器件使用简单且低成本的表面处理对硅光吸收器进行低成本的聚合物涂层来完成电池。初步模拟表明，这种器件结构可以实现高功率效率。一项根本性的创新是开发了一种独特的载流子选择接触，这种接触可以通过简单的地球丰富的技术在低温下制造。除了工艺简单和效率高的优势外，其他优势还包括使用成本较低的硅衬底，以及没有有毒副产品的低成本本地制造。由于制造简单，包括模块制造，这项技术可以迅速扩大规模。由于使用这种技术制造的模块也将比传统模块的重量轻得多，因此它们还可以通过大幅降低安装成本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.