solar panels graphene here is smart windows that produce clean energy – CNO-Webtv News

They are made with special solar panels graphene new windows “smart” capable of producing energy, the work of a research team everything Italian. The project, recently published in the journal Nanoscale, was born from a collaboration between the Graphene Labs Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa and the Roman Chose University of Tor Vergata. The study, led by Professors Francesco Bonaccorso and Aldo Di Carlo, has given rise to a series of prototypes of about 50 cm square of photovoltaic cells made of graphene which, unlike traditional solar panels, can be crossed by the light. In this way, thanks to the new technology translucent, solar panels graphene can generate clean energy without filtering solar radiation and significantly reducing production costs.

Solar panels to graphene: innovation that reduces the cost of production of about 10 thousand times

the new solar panels graphene exploit the DSSC technology – Dye-sensitized solar cell – already used in the creation of common photovoltaic cells currently on the market. The novelty introduced by the team of Italian researchers, however, consists precisely in the use of a new material, graphene, much cheaper than the platinum used for traditional solar panels on the market. “ Additional improvements are already arriving – he explained Francesco Bonaccorso – we are developing a photovoltaic module built specifically for the graphene to be semi-transparent and cheaper technologies currently on the market ” . An innovative solution that of solar panels graphene , which will allow, for the same results with traditional photovoltaic cells, to reduce production costs by approximately 10 thousand times.

The team research everything Italian that gave birth to the solar panels graphene

the research that led to the conception of the new solar panels graphene was conducted as part of graphene Flagship , a project in which the EU has invested around 1 billion euro for 10 years of work. “ The strength of our labor – added Francesco Bonaccorso – is the ease of industrial-grade scalability and simplicity with which the graphene in the form of ink can fit into existing industrial contexts without significant investments in equipment or infrastructure . ” The prototypes of solar panels graphene made by Italian researchers, however, are subject to further improvements, to achieve even higher energy performance. However it is a very good result, once again totally Italian – as the Archimedes solar car, solar powered car prototype made by the University of Catania – as part of research into renewable energies. “ The substitution of platinum is also necessary for the stability of the panel ” concluded Aldo Di Carlo – in the long run as platinum can corrode and cause a decomposition of the electrolyte, problems are solved with the use of graphene .