I-Corps: Solution-Processing of Earth-Abundant Solar Thin-Films

I-Corps：地球资源丰富的太阳能薄膜的溶液处理

• 批准号: 1358307
• 负责人: Dunbar Birnie
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Rutgers University New Brunswick
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-10-01 至 2014-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1358307&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Solution; Processing; Earth; Abundant; Corps; Solution; Processing; Earth; Abundant

This project is designed to further develop a prototype for a chemical method for making a thin film solar cell material. The team has developed a deposition process using raw materials composed of highly abundant and non-toxic elements to produce an environmentally-friendly and low-cost solar cell. Prototype development will involve flow-through reactors where several processes happen simultaneously and synergistically. The team will be looking to further understand the heat flow, chemical diffusion, reaction kinetics, surface nucleation, viscosity effects and reaction byproducts of the method.If successfully developed, this technology could facilitate adoption of solar energy production by significantly reducing solar cell production costs. Broad adoption of solar is a key element in the global effort to reduce the negative effects of climate change and this technology could play a prominent role in leveraging solar energy to reduce dependence on fossil fuel sources.

该项目旨在进一步开发一种用于制造薄膜太阳能电池材料的化学方法的原型。 该团队使用由高度丰富和无毒的元素组成的原材料开发了沉积过程，以生成环保和低成本的太阳能电池。原型开发将涉及流通反应堆，在这些反应器中，几个过程同时又有协同作用。该团队将寻求进一步了解该方法的热流，化学扩散，反应动力学，表面成核，粘度效应和反应副产品。如果成功开发，该技术可以通过显着降低太阳能细胞生产成本来促进太阳能生产。太阳能的广泛采用是全球努力减少气候变化的负面影响的关键因素，该技术可能在利用太阳能以减少对化石燃料来源的依赖方面发挥着重要作用。