ENGS 86 Independent Projects (AB Students)
Degree Program
B.E.
Year of Graduation
2019
Sponsor Name, City, and State
Jaime K. Mazilu Brown, Malibu, CA
Faculty Advisor
Jifeng Liu
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
Spring 6-6-2019
Abstract
Modern solar cells are composed of silicon, cadmium tellurium, and copper indium gallium diselenide. While these materials are efficient, elements such as cadmium and indium are rare and expensive. To make this renewable energy source more inexpensive and sustainable, the Liu Optics lab is substituting expensive rare earth metals for more commonly found transition state metals. Work has been done to replace the solar cell layers composed of cadmium and gallium to replace them with glass, silicon, and/or thin films. Common metals such as germanium and tin are investigated and characterized to provide a platform for solar cell components.
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Je, Lisa, "Group IV Environmentally Benign, Inexpensive Semiconductor Nanomaterials for Solar Cells" (2019). ENGS 86 Independent Projects (AB Students). 11.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/engs86/11
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