Solar Paint: Models and Mechanisms

有机光致发光材料（OPV）提供了从低成本柔性印刷涂层获得可再生太阳能的诱人前景。然而，在这种设备成为商业现实之前，必须克服几个关键的科学障碍。特别是，必须实现活性材料的纳米级组织及其从良性溶剂中的沉积。该项目将解决使用水基太阳能涂料打印大面积设备所需的基础科学。这些令人兴奋的新材料提供了控制纳米级结构的可能性，并允许通过简单，完善的印刷技术进行大规模OPV生产，从而为创建澳大利亚OPV行业迈出了第一步。

Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) offer the tantalising prospect of renewable solar energy from low cost flexible printed coatings. However, several key scientific obstacles must be overcome before such devices become a commercial reality. In particular, nanoscale organisation of the active materials and their deposition from benign solvents must be achieved. This project will tackle the fundamental science required to print large area devices using water-based solar paint. These exciting new materials offer the possibility of both controlling nanoscale architecture and allowing large scale OPV production via simple, well established printing techniques, thus providing the first step towards the creation of an Australian OPV industry.