'Developing new solar cells - cheaper, or more efficient?', London, UK
17 April 2013 - 17 April 2013
United Kingdom
A lecture entitled 'Developing new solar cells - cheaper, or more efficient' will take place on 17 April 2013 in London, UK.
Using solar cells to convert sunlight to electricity is an attractive way to reduce carbon emissions, but solar cells are still too expensive to be installed on the scale required. The next generation of solar cells aims to solve this problem using strongly absorbing materials such as polymers that can be deposited cheaply over large areas by printing.
The lecture will focus on how the performance of these devices can be improved by understanding and controlling the complex nanostructures that allow charges to be extracted from the active layer. It will also present a new approach that might make it possible to break the 34% efficiency limit that applies to all simple solar cells. This could be done by extracting the energy from the blue and green parts of the solar spectrum that is usually wasted.For further information, please visit:
http://royalsociety.org/events/2013/Kavli-Medal-Lecture/(opens in new window)
Using solar cells to convert sunlight to electricity is an attractive way to reduce carbon emissions, but solar cells are still too expensive to be installed on the scale required. The next generation of solar cells aims to solve this problem using strongly absorbing materials such as polymers that can be deposited cheaply over large areas by printing.
The lecture will focus on how the performance of these devices can be improved by understanding and controlling the complex nanostructures that allow charges to be extracted from the active layer. It will also present a new approach that might make it possible to break the 34% efficiency limit that applies to all simple solar cells. This could be done by extracting the energy from the blue and green parts of the solar spectrum that is usually wasted.For further information, please visit:
http://royalsociety.org/events/2013/Kavli-Medal-Lecture/(opens in new window)