Nano-cone materials that improve solar cell efficiency

Have you ever heard of a cone? A new type of nanomaterials, nano-cone due to its special vertebral structure so that it has high light absorption capacity, solar cell field is another innovative point of development. Scientists from the Royal Institute of Technology in Melbourne have recently developed a nanomaterial that they call the nano-cone. Such nanomaterials can be applied to solar photovoltaic panels because they increase solar cell efficiency by enhancing the ability of solar panels to absorb light. Their research, published in the journal Science Advances, details the workings of nanospores and nanospores in the literature and expects the nanomaterials to be widely used in solar photovoltaic panels. The excellent performance of nanocone materials is due to its extremely high refractive index - the inner material of each vertebra is an insulator and the outer material is a conductor - as observed under a microscope, the nano-cone material is arranged in the same way that many bullets stand up. Nano-cones, like other topological insulators, cause the photons to change their concentration as they impact the material, causing vibration. Each vertebral body is composed of a metal coating shell and a dielectric core. This structure greatly enhances the ability of the material to absorb light so that the nano cone can be applied not only to solar cells, but also to solar photovoltaic panels , Optical fibers, waveguides and lenses. The researchers added that if the nano-cone used in solar thin-film batteries, in the visible and ultraviolet light range, will enhance the 15% absorption capacity. Researchers pointed out that this is the first time they have prepared such nanostructured materials, and more importantly, the preparation of such materials does not require new process technology. And because of the new material absorb ability, the current and photoelectric conversion efficiency will be improved. Unlike other nanomaterials, nano-cone vibrations are insensitive to polarization, indicating that nano-cones do not need to be vertically oriented along the nanofractures and can be integrated directly into current hardware, a property that makes nano- Cone has a wide range of applications. And researchers point out that their next research direction is to explore different types and shapes of plasmas.

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