SBIR Phase I: Quantum cutting downconversion layers for improved solar PV performance

SBIR 第一阶段：量子削减下转换层以提高太阳能光伏性能

• 批准号: 2036362
• 负责人: Jared Silvia
• 金额: $ 25.59万
• 依托单位: BLUEDOT PHOTONICS INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-02-15 至 2022-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2036362&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Quantum; cutting; downconversion

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is to accelerate the deployment of solar power in the United States. The technology can potentially make solar panels up to 16% more efficient and result in up to 10% lower costs. This enables solar power to potentially become more economically viable across larger parts of the United States. This technology can serve the existing 110 GW solar panel market. Global commercialization of the technology can increase solar energy production by 14,000 TWh and reduce carbon emissions from the power sector by 6 billion tonnes.This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project develops a light conversion material that combines a light absorber material, a wide bandgap inorganic perovskite, with a highly efficient, quantum cutting near-IR emitter, a ytterbium dopant. The material is applied to existing solar panel components using a rapid vapor deposition process to create drop-in replacements, avoiding changes to the panel production process. Traditional silicon solar panels poorly convert ultraviolet light into electricity, generating substantial waste heat and degrading panels. The light conversion materials developed here utilizes that traditionally wasted light, thereby boosting overall panel efficiencies. This project will confirm the feasibility of the technology for solar applications by building coupon solar modules, measuring power performance improvements, and confirming intrinsic device stability through environmental stress tests.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该小企业创新研究 (SBIR) 第一阶段项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力是加速太阳能在美国的部署。该技术有望使太阳能电池板的效率提高 16%，成本降低 10%。这使得太阳能在美国大部分地区变得更加经济可行。该技术可以服务于现有110吉瓦的太阳能电池板市场。该技术的全球商业化可以将太阳能产量增加 14,000 TWh，并减少电力部门的碳排放 60 亿吨。这个小型企业创新研究 (SBIR) 第一阶段项目开发了一种光转换材料，该材料结合了光吸收材料、宽带隙无机钙钛矿，具有高效、量子切割近红外发射器（镱掺杂剂）。该材料通过快速气相沉积工艺应用于现有的太阳能电池板组件，以创建直接替代品，避免改变电池板的生产工艺。 传统的硅太阳能电池板很难将紫外线转化为电能，从而产生大量废热并导致电池板退化。 这里开发的光转换材料利用了传统上浪费的光，从而提高了面板的整体效率。 该项目将通过构建附片太阳能模块、测量功率性能改进以及通过环境压力测试确认固有设备稳定性来确认太阳能应用技术的可行性。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。