Nanophotonic tandem designs for high efficiency solar cells

用于高效太阳能电池的纳米光子串联设计

• 批准号: FT130100916
• 负责人: Prof Kylie Catchpole
• 金额: $ 58.71万
• 依托单位: The Australian National University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: ARC Future Fellowships
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2014-01-01 至 2017-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/FT130100916
• 关键词: Nanophotonic; tandem; designs; efficiency; solar

This project will develop high-efficiency tandem solar cells that combine established silicon cell technology with novel low-cost thin-film solar cells. It will incorporate nanostructured layers between the cells that selectively trap different wavelengths of light, maximising light absorption in the top cell. This will make it possible to use a very thin top cell, reducing the requirements on electronic quality of the material. This project will also develop self-assembly techniques to enable the new nanostructures to be fabricated quickly and cheaply but with a high degree of control. Such cells will allow open the door to higher efficiencies, and lower costs, than is achievable with conventional solar cells.

该项目将开发高效串联太阳能电池，将现有的硅电池技术与新型低成本薄膜太阳能电池相结合。它将在细胞之间加入纳米结构层，选择性地捕获不同波长的光，最大化顶部细胞的光吸收。这将使使用非常薄的顶部电池成为可能，从而降低对材料的电子质量的要求。该项目还将开发自组装技术，使新的纳米结构能够快速、廉价地制造出来，但具有高度的可控性。这种电池将为实现比传统太阳能电池更高的效率和更低的成本打开大门。