The Department of Energy announced it will invest in 11 university-led projects over the next three fiscal years. I am very excited to be working with this lab – brand new facilities (literally.. we chose the counter-top color at our last group meeting) and a nice grant from the government.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA) with CaliSolar: Defect Engineering, Cell Processing, and Modeling for High-Performance, Low-Cost Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaics. This project will characterize defects and engineer their distribution within a solar cell to close the efficiency gap between industrial multicrystalline and high-efficiency monocrystalline silicon cells, while preserving the cost advantage of these low-cost, high–volume substrates. The project is targeting 18-22% efficient cells at manufacturing costs of less than $1 per peak watt. DOE will provide up to $1.5 million for this approximately $1.9 million project.
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