The United States of the university of Texas at Austin, the researchers said, according to the solar energy conversion mechanism of the new research, the use of a organic plastic semiconductor material,glue gun can make the efficiency of traditional solar cells increased significantly, from 31% up to 44%. Related research report is published in the December 16, 2011 issue of the journal science.
Lead author of the chemistry department professor in the school ZhuXiaoYang (transliteration) and the team found that, the use of a organic plastic semiconductor material, can make photonic harvest from the sun electronic double the number. Prof zhu said, plastic semiconductor solar cell production has the great advantage, one of which glue stick is low cost. The new material opens the solar energy conversion of new ways, so that the energy conversion to achieve higher efficiency.
Current use of crystal silicon solar cells biggest theory efficiency of about 31%. This "ReDianZi" format of energy, will be in the form of heat energy is lost. And capture ReDianZi can improve the solar energy to power potential efficiency of conversion, and even can make the rate reached 66%.