September 28, 2009

NSF boosts solar research

The National Science Foundation has funded five research projects aimed at making solar cells from a range of materials, including abundant metals and nanostructured plastics.

* Charge-storing materials applied to solar cells (Bioinspired Electrets for Solar-Energy-Conversion Applications)

* Nanostructured materials for plastic solar cells (Rational Design and Synthesis of Targeted Nanostructures in Organic Photovoltaics)

* Solar cells made from abundant, non-toxic materials (Copper Zinc Tin Sulfide Based Solar Cells)

* Nanostructured inorganic materials for solar cells (Phase segregated inorganic heterstructures for low cost, high efficiency photovoltaics)

* Nanostructured light-channeling materials for plastic solar cells (Incorporating photonic layers into polymer solar cells)

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