Project description
Solar energy with hot carrier technology
Traditional solar cells rely on P-N junctions to generate electricity, but this approach has limitations in efficiency and design flexibility. Researchers are exploring alternative methods to harness solar energy more effectively. One promising avenue is hot carrier technology, which captures high-energy charge carriers before they lose energy as heat. If successfully developed, this could lead to more efficient and versatile photovoltaic devices. In this context, the ERC-funded AMELI project builds on a breakthrough in hot carrier technology made during a previous ERC-funded project. By bypassing the need for P-N junctions, AMELI explores a new parameter space for energy conversion. The project aims to assess the disruptive potential of this approach and develop a proof-of-concept photovoltaic or photodetector prototype.
Objective
AMELI aims at developing a family of hot carrier devices that operate on a technology discovered by the PI during the course of his ERC-CoG project. This hot carrier technology does not rely on a P-N junction (or one of its many derivatives) to create electricity, giving access to a parameter space that is different from that of traditional solar cells. The goal of AMELI is to assess the potential for disruption of this approach and to propose a first proof of concept photovoltaic (if we can reach a 10% energy conversion efficiency threshold) or photodetector prototype at the end of the project.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/euroscivoc.
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsoptical sensors
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Programme(s)
- HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme
Funding Scheme
HORIZON-ERC-POC - HORIZON ERC Proof of Concept GrantsHost institution
75794 Paris
France