H2020Индивидуална стипендия2021–2024

SMARTCELL · Sustainable Materials for development of Advanced Renewable Technologies for the next generation solar CELLs

„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2021-08-01 → 2024-07-31
Финансиране от ЕС: 304 724 €
Участници: 1
Схема: MSCA-IF

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Sustainable Materials for development of Advanced Renewable Technologies for the next generation solar CELLs

Renewable forms of energy are of key importance towards net zero CO2 emissions, which will restrict the consumption of fossil fuels and limit the extent of anthropogenic climate change. This statement is even further reinforced by the fact that 5 out of 17 Sustainable Development Goals defined by the United Nation are directly related to clean, renewable, and sustainable energy resources. As such, solar energy has the potential to play a central role in the global energy system due to the scale of solar resources, its predictability, and its ubiquitous nature. However, in order to meet the global energy demand, photovoltaic (PV) technologies need to go beyond the mainstream (crystalline-Si (c-Si), thin film CdTe and Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS)) which currently dominate the PV market. These cannot keep pace with the ever more creative and ambitious future of thin, flexible, transparent solar technologies for everything from zero-energy buildings to smart sensors for the Internet-of-Things to e-textiles for device charging on-the-go. The market needs an innovative alternative, one that is not only commercially competitive, but also in line with emerging social values of sustainability, circularity, and responsibility. SMARTCELL proposes an innovative PV technology based on earth-abundant, low-cost, direct bandgap semiconductors for development of novel ultra-thin solar cells. SMARTCELL will implement novel technological solutions based on advanced nanofabrication methods for synthesis of high crystal quality zinc phosphide (Zn3P2) ) absorbers, which together with design and optimization of the device interfaces and the cell architecture will lead to achievement of unprecedented device efficiencies, especially among the earth-abundant emerging PV technologies. These efficiencies will give SMARTCELL the opportunity to demonstrate scalable, cost-effective, and environmentally-friendly ultrathin-film PV technology. The working principle of SMARTCELL is based on a holistic interplay between materials simulations, combinatorial and factorial synthesis studies, and atomic-resolution structural and electronic characterization techniques, which will allow predictive structure-property-function relationships, and cutting-edge engineering of absorber properties.

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

Solar photovoltaics (PV) is a leading candidate for the renewable, carbon-free electricity generation with both the scalability and technological maturity to meet the ever-growing global demand for energy. While PV module costs continue to decline rapidly, further system-level cost reductions will require lightweight, sustainable, and flexible module designs that are still inaccessible with today’s mainstream technologies. SMARTCELL proposes an innovative PV technology based on zinc phosphide (Zn3P2), an earth-abundant, low-cost, direct bandgap semiconductor for development of novel ultra-thin solar cells. SMARTCELL will implement novel technological solutions based on advanced nanofabrication methods for synthesis of high crystal quality zinc phosphide, which together with design and optimization of the device interfaces and the cell architecture will lead to achievement of a challenging increase in the device efficiency of up to 15 % at the cell level. These efficiencies will allow initiating the transfer of zinc phosphide based solar cells to pre-industrial stages and give SMARTCELL the opportunity to demonstrate scalable, cost-effective, and environmentally-friendly ultrathin-film PV technology. The working principle of SMARTCELL is based on a holistic interplay between first-principle calculations, synthesis conditions, and atomic-resolution structural and electronic characterization techniques, which will allow cutting-edge engineering of absorber properties, as well as the design of the solar cell architectures. Moreover, an integrated, flexible methodology will keep this target breakthrough in sight. Finally, SMARTCELL has the potential to make a key science-based contribution to energy security, as well as improved societal perception of green energy production.

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

Участници

ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE · LausanneКоординаторШвейцария