Solar cells spray – BBC News

Researchers develop solar cells that can be applied to any surface using the spray. This discovery may completely change the energy industry.

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Will create efficient solar cell with a spray

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Soon latest and most efficient photovoltaics (solar cells used in panels) can be made z .. paper. All thanks to the creation of a new type of material that is characterized by a 96-percent transparency, is cheaper and more user-friendly … Read more

ideal material for the production of cells perovskite considered to solar, which is much cheaper than the silicon used today, with a similar performance. Perovskite occurs in nature, but recently developed a method enabling the production of this material in the laboratory. It is widely believed that the perovskite can end the era of silicon in the production of photovoltaic cells.

for the production of silicon photovoltaic cells, you need very high temperatures of up to 1000 degrees Celsius. Perovskite is a material much better, because they do not require the use of such high temperatures, and also soluble in solvents. As a result, it can be applied to any surface using the spray.

Team of engineers from the University of Sheffield has created photovoltaic spray with a capacity of 11 percent. Not a lot, but we are working on improving them. For comparison, cells perovskites are currently around 19 percent. productivity, and silicon 25 percent.