Low-cost, silicon-free solar cells based on self-assembled nanostructures
The SAN-CELL project investigates the physics and technology of a silicon-free, inorganic solar CELL architecture based on Self-Assembled Nanostructures, and using low-cost materials and processes. By deploying semiconductor components such as nanocrystals for carrier photogeneration, as well as nanowires and thin films for electron and hole transport, the potential of nanotechnology to boost efficiency and reduce costs for solar cells will be explored.
Project coordinator: AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH
Partners
Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Institute of Semiconductor and Solid State Physics
Funding line: The project was funded by the Austrian Climate and Energy Fund.
