According to the report of the Physicist Organization Network on January 20 (Beijing time), scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have recently developed a solar thermal photovoltaic (STPV) system, in which the heat generated by a high-temperature material in the system will Collected by photovoltaic cells, the new system not only uses more sunlight, it also promises to make storage of solar energy easier. The study was published this week in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.
One of the leaders of the research, Evrin Wang, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, explained that traditional silicon-based solar cells “cannot use all the photons,†because if one wants to convert the energy of one photon into electricity, photon energy levels are required. Matching the energy level of the bandgap of the photovoltaic material, although the bandgap of silicon matches with many wavelengths of light, there are also many mismatches.
To solve this problem, they inserted a two-layer absorption-release device between sunlight and photovoltaic cells. The device consists of carbon nanotubes and photonic crystals. The outer surface of the device is facing the sunlight. It is a row of multi-wall carbon nanotubes. It can effectively absorb sunlight and convert it into heat. When this heat heats the photonic crystal to which it is attached, the photonic crystal will "Emitting" light, the highest density of this light almost coincides with the band gap of the photovoltaic cell, which ensures that most of the energy collected by the absorber can be converted into electricity.
Traditional silicon-based photovoltaic cells have theoretical limits on energy conversion efficiency (Shockley-Quayser limit), and their photoelectric conversion efficiency is as high as 33.7%. The solar thermal photovoltaic power generation system that emerged several years ago "can significantly increase efficiency, and the ideal situation may exceed 80%."
However, this idea encountered many obstacles in the experimental process. The conversion efficiency of the previous STPV equipment was less than 1%, and the conversion efficiency of the latest STPV equipment was 3.2%. The researchers said that with the further progress of the research, it is possible to reach 20%, and commercial production will be possible by then.
Since the absorption-release device of this system operates on high temperatures, its size is critical: the larger the object, the smaller the ratio of surface area to volume. Therefore, the larger the size, the faster the heat loss decreases. The test was performed on a 1 cm chip and later on a 10 cm chip.
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