Objective
Here we aim at proving the feasibility of a new solar cell concept based on a semiconductor having an additional band within the band gap. Theoretical efficiency limit is of 63.1% to compare ordinary Shockely-Queisser solar cells, of 40.7%. This improved potential is because photocurrent can be produced at energy higher that the one of the photons absorbed. For it, two photons produce a single high-energy electron-hole pair. For the prototype fabrication, we shall follow two alternative paths: MBE precise nano-technology and cheap thin film nano-technology. A prototype solar cell will be fabricated. The R&D described here aims at fulfilling the EC long-term goal of cell cost <0.5. /Wp. We justify in the proposal that this goal cannot be achieved by market driven R&D only. Scientific breakthroughs are needed, as the one attempted here.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- engineering and technology nanotechnology
- engineering and technology materials engineering coating and films
- natural sciences physical sciences electromagnetism and electronics semiconductivity
- engineering and technology environmental engineering energy and fuels renewable energy solar energy photovoltaic
- natural sciences physical sciences theoretical physics particle physics photons
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