I-Corps: Hybrid Organic/Silicon Solar Cells

I-Corps：混合有机/硅太阳能电池

• 批准号: 1655373
• 负责人: Robert Opila
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of Delaware
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-11-01 至 2017-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1655373&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Hybrid; Organic; Silicon; Solar

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.

这个I-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是高效，负担得起且美观的太阳能产品。该产品不仅可以使太阳能更实惠，还可以加速迁移到可再生能源。提出的太阳能产品可以集成到住宅屋顶或另一个建筑集成解决方案中。最终的目的是提供一种具有普通太阳能电池板实用性的太阳能解决方案，但成本较低，并改善了美学。 将探索较低成本，更轻的太阳能电池板的潜在应用。 此外，还将研究太阳带状疱疹和其他建筑集成解决方案。该I-Corps项目旨在通过使用简单且低成本的表面处理硅光吸收器来实现高效率和负担得起的太阳能，并具有低成本的聚合物涂层以完成细胞。初始建模表明，该设备结构可以实现高功率效率。 基本的创新是开发独特的载体选择性接触，可以在低温下使用简单的，丰富的技术来制造。除了简单处理和高效率的优势外，其他优势还包括使用较低的成本硅基板以及无毒副产品的低成本本地制造。 由于制造的简单性，包括模块制造，因此可以快速扩展该技术。由于使用该技术制作的模块也比常规模块要大得多，因此它们还可以通过大大降低安装成本来提供另一个市场机会。