Unconventional Technology for Solar Electricity
Research Project, 2017
– 2020
The major losses in present day solar cells stem from a mismatch between the solar spectrum and the bandgap of the cells used, i.e. an inability to make good use of both low energy and high energy photons. Here we propose a strategy for productive use of the entire solar spectrum by tuning the photon energies to the requirements of specific solar energy conversion materials, using molecules associated to nanoparticles. This solar electricity research is scientifically very challenging but has the potential to boost the efficiency of any existing solar cell technology. The strategy is based on two highly complementary physical processes: the experimentally and theoretically firmly established processes singlet fission (SF) and sensitized triplet-triplet annihilation up-conversion (TTA-UC).
Participants
Bo Albinsson (contact)
Physical Chemistry
Funding
Swedish Energy Agency
Project ID: 36436-2
Funding Chalmers participation during 2017–2020
Related Areas of Advance and Infrastructure
Sustainable development
Driving Forces
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Areas of Advance
Energy
Areas of Advance