Ultra-thin solar panels from U.S. Bashny.Net

The armed forces of the United States is the place where originate new technologies. Much of what we use now was once invented in a military lab. Continuing this tradition, the team of army scientists created new solar cell that may become a real breakthrough.

The researchers patented a new type of solar panel that is cheaper to produce, more powerful and more reliable than the modern of solar technology. The main difference between this solar battery and the current is its size — new solar cells is approximately 1000 times thinner.

The thin film element consists of layers of silver and gold between the semiconductor layers but the total thickness does not exceed a few hundreds of nanometers, it is really a very thin material compared to a sheet of paper that has a thickness of 100,000 nm.

The cell also solves some of the major problems with traditional solar technologies, such as wear or damage from high temperatures due to the absorption of a large amount of ultraviolet and infrared radiation, which cannot actually be converted into electricity because of the effect of narrowband losses (the wavelength of light which can be effectively used to generate electricity).

Adding layers of gold and silver is expanding the dead zone, and this means that new solar cells can absorb and convert more UV and infrared radiation into electricity, which not only makes the technology more efficient but also more sustainable.





If necessary, the solar cells can also be configured for the reflection of excess radiation.

An army spokesman says that the geometry of the solar cells are designed to absorb the same amount of sunlight from any angle, this means that there is no need of installations of complex systems for tracking the position of the sun to generate the maximum amount of energy .

"Inexpensive, compact, flexible and highly efficient solar battery is designed for use in all applications of the Ministry of defense, and light solar panels will eventually be installed on all types of equipment, especially in remote regions," said Dr. Michael Scalora (Michael Scalora), physicist-researcher from the center for army aviation, missile research and development work of the armed forces of the United States.

The technology is still in its early stages, but researchers see the possibility of using far beyond the army. published

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