Periodic Reporting for period 3 - SOLARX (Photon Management for Solar Energy Harvesting with Hybrid Excitonics)
Okres sprawozdawczy: 2021-04-01 do 2022-09-30
The vision of SOLARX is to develop game changing strategies to manage photons (particles of light) in order to overcome thermalisation losses, while at the same time concentrating light to drastically reduce the number of solar panel needed for a given area and hence dramatically reducing cost. We aim to do this via generating and manipulating excitons (tiny packets of energy), taking inspiration from the natural light harvesting processes which drive photosynthesis in plans.
Harnessing advanced nanomaterials design, combined with a ground breaking time-resolved microscopy methods will allow us to understand the dynamics of excitons in a manner never possible before and design new materials that can harness they unique properties.
The success of this project would provide game changing new technological possibilities for solar energy harvesting as well as pushing the boundaries of fundamental scientific understanding.
2. We have developed new and simple ways to passivate atomically-thin 2D monolayer semiconductor materials making them nearly 'defect free'. This is a critical step for the application of these materials in electronic devices.
3. We have developed new ways to transfer energy between organic and inorganic semiconductors with very high efficiency. This will find use in next generation solar cell designs.
4. We have developed a new hybrid organic-lanthanide doped nanoparticle system (Nature 2020), which may find wide use in optoelectronics and bio-medical applications.
We have developed a new hybrid organic-lanthanide doped nanoparticle system (Nature 2020), which may find wide use in optoelectronics and bio-medical applications.