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Virginia Commonwealth UniversityVCU Scholars Compass
Capstone Design Expo Posters College of Engineering
2017
Low Cost and Durable Perovskite Solar CellsJack CarliVirginia Commonwealth University
Kapil MarahattaVirginia Commonwealth University
Feras KakishVirginia Commonwealth University
Jason McAleeseVirginia Commonwealth University
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Low Cost and Durable Perovskite Solar CellsECE 402 | Team Members: Jack Carli, Kapil Marahatta, Feras Kakish, Jason McAleese | Faculty Advisers: Dr. Ümit Özgür and Dr. Vitaliy Avrutin Sponsor: Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate | Sponsor Advisers: Dr. Randy Jacobs and Andre Slonopas
Design Considerations
Solar electrical generation: U.S 0.6% vs Germany 7.0%
U.S. Consumes 4 trillion ⁄𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 ∗ ℎ𝑟𝑟 𝑦𝑦𝑟𝑟
VA potential-⁄1600 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 ∗ ℎ𝑟𝑟 (𝑚𝑚2𝑦𝑦𝑟𝑟)
Germany potential-⁄1050 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 ∗ ℎ𝑟𝑟 (𝑚𝑚2𝑦𝑦𝑟𝑟)
Solar Installations in US
Rapid increase in efficiency
Low production cost
Simple & scalable fabrication
Light weight & flexible substrates
AB
Small Recon UAV for covert missions
Providing power to sensors that help protect the warfighter
Powering motor and sensors for land or sea autonomous vehicles
Potential Military Application
Acknowledgements Our team would like to thank Barkat Ullah for his guidance in device fabrication and Ramendra Pal for helping with processes involving conducting polymers.
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Deposition of Perovskite
Deposition of PCBM
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Fabrication Procedure
Methylammonium Lead Iodide -𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶3𝑁𝑁𝐶𝐶3𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃3
Major problem: rapid degradation under moisture and UV irradiation