Energy researchers at the 91探花will in making high-efficiency, printable solar cells and solar inks with the help of a competitive grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.
Researchers say these printable solar cells could be twice as efficient as today’s standard solar technologies. This, in turn, could drive down the cost of solar installations and solar power as a clean energy source.
, a professor of chemical engineering, and , professor and department chair of materials science and engineering, will use the grant to continue developing printable tandem, or “stacked,” solar cells. They also are working on scaling up a printing fabrication facility in Fluke Hall.
The $1.5 million grant is from the Department of Energy and was at the Solar Power international Conference in Las Vegas. The 91探花team is one of 10 institutions to be awarded the grant.
Read the from the Clean Energy Institute.