In the race against climate change, physicists at The University of Toledo are pushing the limits of solar electricity to ensure a clean energy future.
In the race against climate change, physicists at The University of Toledo are pushing the limits of solar electricity to ensure a clean energy future.
Through an innovative project that combines two types of solar cells and harvests light not only from the sun but also light reflected off the ground, researchers are creating technology to develop stronger and longer-lasting solar panels.
UToledo is a world leader in the investigation of an advanced material called perovskites, a compound material with a special crystal structure that can be used to create less expensive and highly efficient solar cells.
The U.S. Department of Energy awarded UToledo a one-year, $300,000 grant to advance research that could lead to the integration of promising perovskite solar cell technology into existing production lines for cadmium-selenide-telluride (CST)-based solar cells, maximizing the performance of thin-film tandem solar cells and reducing the costs of energy.
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Image: Dr. Zhaoning Song holds a perovskite solar cell minimodule he developed with Dr. Yanfa Yan. The higher-efficiency, lower-cost solar cell technology could revolutionize energy generation around the globe. (Credit: Daniel Miller, The University of Toledo)
