University of Warwick x ERC - Solar Cells

英国华威大学 x European Research Council (ERC) University of Warwick Science Park SolarCity Minerva Business Angels Government Office for Science

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The research will be led by Dr Dominik J. Kubicki, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics, University of Warwick.?He said: “This study will help diversify sustainable energy sources and explore more options in the quest to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. We’re keen to understand more about why these solar cells degrade in different atmospheric conditions at the atomic level, so we can design new, better materials and ensure maximum efficiency of this new sustainable energy source.

“Silicone is the current material used in solar cells and while those devices have a long durability of over 20 years, they have certain limitations. Solar cells need to be relatively thick; silicon is brittle, and it succumbs to cosmic radiation. Metal halide perovskites enable us to overcome these limitations, diversify the ways in which we can harvest solar energy, and apply them in contexts we had not previously anticipated. Investigating these materials will be very exciting, and we hope to find out how to make them more stable.”