CHOSE at the EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON THERMOELECTRICS / 17° ECT 2019 - CYPRUS 23-25 SEPTEMBER 2019
From September 23rd to 25th 2019, in Limassol (Cyprus), the 17th European Conference on Thermoelectrics was held.
For CHOSE, Prof. Andrea Reale and Dr. Saeed Mardi presented the activities and results of research in the field of printable thermoelectric devices.
(8/10/2019)
ARE YOU READY FOR INDOOR SOLAR PANELS? | ARTICLE by WIRED ITALIA MAGAZINE
"WIRED" Italia Magazine: article on the research of Prof. Thomas Brown and of Team CHOSE on the indoor solar cells
WIRED Italia Magazine
24 September 2019
Autor: Simone Valesini
Are you ready for indoor solar panels?
A new generation of photovoltaic cells will allow us to recycle the excess light we produce to light homes, offices and public places. And it could give a definitive boost to the rise of the internet of things. Let's see how
Read the article:
https://www.wired.it/scienza/energia/2019/09/20/pannelli-solari-interno/
Photo: Steve Jurvetson/Flickr
TWO-DIMENSIONAL MXenes IMPROVE PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCY | PHISICS WORLD MAGAZINE'S ARTICLE
Phisics World Magazine
18 September 2019
Autor: Amanda Carr
Two-dimensional MXenes improve perovskite solar cell efficiency
"Phisics World" Magazine's article dedicated to the important research results (published in the prestigious scientific journal "Nature Materials") conducted by the scientists of CHOSE, under the direction of Prof. Aldo Di Carlo, together with the partners of NUST MISIS (Russia) and CNR (Italy). This research has shown how a microscopic quantity of two-dimensional titanium carbide called MXene significantly improves collection of electrical charges in a perovskite solar cell, increasing the final efficiency above 20%.
Read the article:
https://physicsworld.com/a/two-dimensional-mxenes-improve-perovskite-solar-cell-efficiency/
Photo: iStock Milos-Muller
SOLAR CELLS WITH NEW INTERFACES: INNOVATIVE TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY | PRESS RELEASE
September 13, 2019
Solar Cells with New Interfaces: Innovative Two-Dimensional Materials Increase the Efficiency
Scientists for the CHOSE centre of University of Rome Tor Vergata together with NUST MISIS (Russia) and CNR (Italy) partners found out that a microscopic quantity of two-dimensional titanium carbide called MXene significantly improves collection of electrical charges in a perovskite solar cell, increasing the final efficiency above 20%. The results of the research were published in "Nature Materials".
For more information see the press release and https://www.nature.com/articles/s41563-019-0478-1
PERMEATION BARRIER - ENCAPSULATION SYSTEMS FOR FLEXIBLE AND GLASS-BASED ELECTRONICS AND THEIR APPLICATION TO PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS | PRESS RELEASE
September 12, 2019
Permeation Barrier - Encapsulation Systems for Flexible and Glass-based Electronics and their Application to Perovskite Solar Cells
Researchers at the Centre for Hybrid and Organic Solar Energy (CHOSE), Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome – Tor Vergata, and at the Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP, have unraveled the effects of architectures, application processes, and water vapor transmission rates (WVTR) of transparent flexible ultra-high permeation barrier films (UHPBFs) applied to substrates with adhesive resins for attaining long lifetimes, and compared these with polyethylene terephthalate (PET), and glass barriers. The effectiveness of barrier/adhesive systems, quantified via calcium tests, depends on barrier orientation, adhesion, handling, defects, storage and application procedures. The researchers applied permeation barriers for the encapsulation of perovskite solar cells and were able to extract a relationship between WVTRs of barrier/adhesive systems and degradation rates of solar cells. Results highlight important factors which will help those developing strategies relating to encapsulation, barrier, adhesive and sealant systems, and stable optoelectronic devices on glass and flexible substrates that can be effective in cost as well as performance.
For more information see press release and https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.201800978
EU PROJECT ESPREesSO - EFFICIENT STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES FOR RELIABLE PEROVSKITE SOLAR MODULES
July 17, 2019
From April 2018 CHOSE is involved in the European ESPREesSO project - Efficient Structures and Processes for Reliable Perovskite Solar Modules, with the ambitious goal of bringing perovskite solar cells to the next level of maturity and demonstrating their innovative practical application.
The ESPREesSO team aims to produce alternative materials at alternative costs, to imagine new photovoltaic cells and architectures, to affirm an advanced know-how and to create cutting-edge technology capable of overcoming the current limitations.
Check these links for more information!
LAUNCH OF EPKI | PRESS RELEASE
May 15, 2019
EPKI - The European Perovskite Initiative for the development of Perovskites based solar technology
Perovskite based solar cells have made tremendous progress over the last decade achieving outstanding lab-scale efficiencies of 24.2% early 2019 in single-junction architecture and to an astonishing 28% in tandem (perovskite associated with crystalline silicon), turning it into the fastest-advancing solar technology to date.
CHEOPS PROJECT AT FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED POLYMER RESEARCH - EXCELLENT RESULTS FOR CHOSE
25/01/2019
At the final meeting of the CHEOPS Project held at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research
Excellent results achieved by CHOSE with Fabio Matteocci and Prof. Aldo Di Carlo.
NEW MATERIALS AND COLORS FOR THE "COPPER" PROJECT
01/18/2019
New materials and new colors for organic photovoltaics. Experimentation on flexible substrates with automated blade coating has began in our laboratory.
Thanks to Luca La Notte and Simone Germani at work on the Project "COPPER" funded by Regione Lazio and Lazio Innova, with the aid of Luigi Vesce and Luigi Angelo Castriotta.
REGIONE LAZIO: "COPPER" AND "SIROH" PROJECT AWARDS
December 14, 2018: awarding of the 75 winners of the "Projects for Research Groups" call organized by Lazio Innova and Regione Lazio.
Among them Andrea Reale and Thomas Brown, Coordinators of COPPER and SIROH projects.
Thanks to the contribution of Luca La Notte, Dolly Minù and of project partners.
Thanks also to Simone Germani already at work on COPPER.
CHOSE RESULTS AMONG CELL AND MODULE RECORDS
On "Nature Communications" new article on the state of the art and open issues related to organic and to perovskite photovoltaics.
The work of Narges Yaghoobi Nia, Mahmoud Zendehdel, Lucio Cinà, Fabio Matteocci, Aldo Di Carlo reported among the cell and module records.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-05514-9
AUTOMATED SPRAY PROCESS FOR MESOPOROSOUS TIO2 FOR PEROVSKITE CELLS AND MODULES - FROM THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN CHOSE AND ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA
From the collaboration between CHOSE and the ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA a new important result: an automated spray treatment for mesoporous TiO2 to be applied on perovskite cells and modules.
Thanks to Babak Taheri, Narges Yaghoobi Nia, Antonio Agresti, Sara Pescetelli and Claudio Ciceroni.
The article is on 2D Materials - IOP Science, at link:
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2053-1583/aad983/meta
CHOSE AT THE 2018 PSCO IN LAUSANNE
CHOSE as protagonist at the "Perovskite Solar Cells and Optoelectronics" (PSCO) 2018 Conference, held from 30 September to 2 October at the SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne.
"PLANT-E-TRONICS": THE FLEXIBLE AND BIODEGRADABLE ELECTRONICS FROM THE WORLD LIFE
The "plant-e-tronics" is born, the flexible and biodegradable electronics that exploits components extracted from the plant life.
Luca La Notte and Andrea Reale have collaborated with the Italian Institute of Technology, demonstrating the photovoltaic application in this new field.
The work is on Advanced Sustainable Systems, at the link:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adsu.201800069
THE 12th EDITION OF ISOPHOS SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDED
The 12th edition of the International School on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics (Isophos) ended on 6 September 2018.
In Castiglione della Pescaia (Italy) four days of courses taught by experts in the field to researchers from all over Europe. An important opportunity for cultural and scientific exchange between people - physicists, chemists, engineers - belonging to different areas of scientific research.
Main topic the recent scientific and technological discoveries on eco-compatible materials for the creation of last generation solar panels. Results that are involved in important european projects, including the Graphene Flagship (project on the industrialization of graphene-based materials) and CHEOPS (project on the development of organic-inorganic hybrid solar cells).
At centre of the inaugural ceremony the speeches of Prof. Aldo Di Carlo and Prof. Francesca Brunetti on climate change and technological innovation deriving from the new frontiers of photovoltaics for the production of electricity.
Also took part: Lucio Cinà (CICCI Research srl - Italy); James Durrant (Imperial College London - United Kingdom); Vida Engmann (University of Southern Denmark - Denmark); Morten Madsen (University of Southern Denmark - Denmark); Eugene Katz (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Israel); Maria Laura Parisi (University of Siena - Italy); Adalgisa Sinicopri (University of Siena - Italy); Manuel Quevedo (University of Texas at Dallas - USA); Pavel Troshin (Skoltech - Russia); Sjoerd Veenstra (Solliance Solar Research - Netherlands).
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