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Next-Gen Solar Cells Designed To Handle Heat Without Sacrificing Efficiency

Fuente: https://incompliancemag.com/next-gen-solar-cells-designed-to-handle-heat-without-sacrificing-efficiency/?utm_campaign=On%20The%20Wire&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=88008421&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9uQQ9FuVUdNkujJrWRGQgSv2rBh3323nVvdyJj6-ZK0KKv4P

Fecha: 27-05-2020

Iowa State University engineers have designed a new type of solar cell that is durable, lightweight, and cost-efficient. Researchers have discovered a way to integrate perovskites as the active ingredient in these solar cells, resulting in a device that is flexible, efficient, lightweight, and low-cost.

Perovskite materials are the game-changer in this equation. This hybrid organic-inorganic ingredient works well with silicon cells, as they have a complementary bandgap, can reach efficiency rates of nearly 25%, and can be integrated with silicon with relative ease. Unfortunately, there was one major roadblock to creating these high-powered solar cells: heat.

During testing, it was discovered that hybrid perovskite solar cells break down under high temperatures. Obviously this posed a problem for the solar cells, which require bright, powerful sunlight to operate effectively. Luckily, engineers on the project developed some unconventional solutions to this vexing problem.

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