Development of Highly Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Abstract
Development of Highly Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Solar energy is the most abundant and clean source of energy in the world. Harvesting this energy provides the potential to have unlimited sources of renewable power for the Great Green Fleet Initiative and the Navy S&T Focus Area of Power and Energy. Conventional silicon-based solar technologies are limited in their performance, cost, and application, and are thus not compatible with the versatile nature of the U.S. Navy. Thin film solar cells have great potential to alleviate the constraints set by traditional silicon solar technologies for large scale means of sustainable energy conversion for a myriad of applications. The proposed work in this program is to develop highly stable and efficient flexible perovskite solar cells (PVSK) for application in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). The reduced costs of materials and fabrication of perovskite solar cells, as well as their mechanical flexibility, will allow for affordable and versatile applications for defense. The proposed work will consist of first investigating the degradation mechanisms of perovskite solar cells, then designing and synthesizing perovskite films with enhanced thermal and chemical stability using various methods, and finally developing optimized metal-oxide based perovskite devices for enhanced long term durability and performance. The proposed work will be a collaboration between UCLA and NAVAIR consisting of a team led by Professor Yang Yang (UCLA) and Dr. Suresh Verma (NAVAIR). UCLA will have full responsibility for the work proposed here. NAVAIR will be responsible for long term device testing and characterization.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- May 10, 2017
- Source ID
- N000141712484
Entities
People
- Yang Yang
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- University of California, Los Angeles