SBIR/STTR Research Award
Low-Cost, Laser Process for Synthesizing Nanolayered Solar Cells
Award amount
$99,999Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2006Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- NANOTRON
- Proposal award date
- 2006-08-11
- Contract end date
- 2007-05-11
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- AF06-T026
Research abstract
A low-cost laser process for synthesizing nanolayers in solar cells is proposed. The net effect of these nanolayers is a wide absorption of the solar spectrum. In this proposed process a laser is used to form many p-n junctions in a thin, lightly doped wafer. Each p-n junction formed will be unique so that each p-n junction converts a different range of the sunlight’s spectrum into current.
Technology keywords
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