Photovoltaic panels in graphene: Made in Italy Innovation – Investing Today

With the still fresh residues of post referendum debate on augers, very exciting news comes from our country, namely the creation of photovoltaic panels in graphene , a material that reduces the economic spending without affecting on energy quality, easily measurable without disfiguring with the current technology based on platinum. Innovation is made in Italy , since it comes from a group of Genoese researchers focused on the development of a series of photovoltaic panels in graphene that could easily replace windows with the aim of producing energy without impacting negatively on the environment. The prototype is exceptional in nature for several reasons: first, because it sums up in a single product energy efficiency of a photovoltaic panel with the traditional character of a designed furniture and lighting, and secondly because it gives an important and appreciable aesthetic appearance to the photovoltaic , the simple fact that the panels in graphene are substantially identical to the most common windows.

The panels in graphene have been developed by ‘ Italian Institute of Technology in collaboration with the’ University of Tor Vergata Rome , and the study was published in the journal Nanoscale. the requirement to which ès nanny given an effective response with this new system is going to be zero impact on the environment, both in the strong reduction of the costs for the production of photovoltaic panels. That said, as we talk about renewable energy , the photovoltaic panels in graphene are a must for the Italian technological innovation applied precisely to clean energy. Graphene, in fact, has a greater ability to store energy and therefore allows the apartment or house that installs these innovative panels to be self-sufficient in the energy aspect. And in addition there is the aesthetic factor is not to be underestimated, since the graphene is much more beautiful than platinum.

Francis Bonaccorso for Graphene Labs IIT Genoa and Aldo Di Carlo for CHOSE University of Tor Vergata are the two leaders of the research groups that led to the development of this prototype. technological innovation that Bonaccorso explains in the following words: “We are developing a photovoltaic module built specifically for the graphene will be semi-transparent and cheaper photovoltaic panels currently on the market . The strength of our work is the ease of industrial-grade scalability and simplicity with which the graphene in the form of ink can be introduced into existing industrial contexts, without significant investment in machines or infrastructure. “

This very particular form could thus go to make the first intelligent window, able to replicate its function as a simple window, but also to store energy to meet the needs of a whole apartment. For those wishing to know more information about, you can watch the activities of Graphene Labs and startup BeDimensional, and presentation of their projects, June 7 to 9 at the Technology Hub in 2016 , professional exhibition of innovative technologies that will take place in that of Milan and, more specifically, to Fiera Milano City.