SBIR Phase I: Low-Cost Printable Photovoltaics on Flexible Plastics

SBIR 第一阶段：柔性塑料上的低成本可印刷光伏发电

• 批准号: 1448086
• 负责人: Taylor Harvey
• 金额: $ 14.99万
• 依托单位: Lucelo Technologies, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2015-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1448086&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Low; Cost; Printable

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will be to enable inexpensive, lightweight and non-obtrusive solar power that will allow for seamless power integration in ways that are currently not possible. This research project aims to enable power generation in new contexts, in particular power-integrated labels, which could revolutionize the label industry. Printed solar power would enable label-integrated active displays to draw consumer attention to safety warnings or key instructions, and sensors that could be deployed in food packaging for safer handling and improved quality. In the future, integration of solar power with light emitting diode devices on plastic would open new opportunities for energy-efficient lighting in both rural and urban environments. Combining the benefit of very low cost, pliable substrates, and ultimately, high efficiency, solar power has the potential to change the way solar energy is deployed to the market and utilized to power devices. This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will broaden fundamental understanding of the chemistry and physics of inorganic nanocrystal photovoltaic devices. Nanocrystal size and composition, film morphology, and other device parameters will be manipulated and optimized to provide a detailed understanding of the performance of this class of solar devices. This may lead to a new superstrate design for copper indium gallium selenide devices using an entirely solution-processed fabrication method. In addition, the rigorous investigation of print methods for solar fabrication that will be pursued will increase understanding of key parameters within the print process that affect device performance, which will be broadly applicable to nanocrystal solar cells based on different material systems and printed electronics in general. The primary objectives of this project are to produce a printed device with a reasonable size and efficiency that can be used to feed low-power electronic components.

该小企业创新研究 (SBIR) 第一阶段项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力将是实现廉价、轻量且不引人注目的太阳能，从而以目前不可能的方式实现无缝电力集成。该研究项目旨在实现新环境下的发电，特别是电力集成标签，这可能会彻底改变标签行业。印刷太阳能将使标签集成的主动显示器能够吸引消费者对安全警告或关键说明的注意，以及可以部署在食品包装中的传感器，以实现更安全的处理和提高质量。 未来，太阳能与塑料发光二极管器件的集成将为农村和城市环境的节能照明带来新的机遇。 太阳能结合了成本极低、基材柔韧以及最终的高效率等优势，有可能改变太阳能在市场上的部署方式以及用于为设备供电的方式。 该小型企业创新研究 (SBIR) 第一阶段项目将拓宽对无机纳米晶体光伏器件化学和物理的基本了解。 纳米晶体的尺寸和成分、薄膜形态和其他器件参数将被操纵和优化，以提供对此类太阳能器件性能的详细了解。 这可能会导致使用完全溶液加工制造方法的铜铟镓硒器件的新顶板设计。此外，对太阳能制造印刷方法的严格研究将增加对印刷过程中影响器件性能的关键参数的理解，这将广泛适用于基于不同材料系统和印刷电子产品的纳米晶体太阳能电池。该项目的主要目标是生产具有合理尺寸和效率的印刷设备，可用于为低功耗电子元件供电。