Director Grant National-UEFISCDI-PED-123
Grant Title: FULLERENE BASED DOUBLE-GRAPHENE PHOTOVOLTAICS
Project Code: PED 123
Program PN III:
Type project: Projects for Experimental Research - Demonstrative
Contracting Unit: CNCS-UEFISCDI (National Council of Scientific Research – Executive Unity for Financing the Superior Education, Research, Development and Innovation)
Contracted Unit: National Institute for Electrochemistry and Condensed Matter - Timisoara (INCEMC - Timisoara)
Period: 18 months (January 2017-July 2018)
Total Value: 600.000 RON (Romanian Currency)
Amount in 2017: RON
Amount in 2018: RON
Project Director: PI-1 Dr. Dr.-Habil. Mihai V. PUTZ (INCEMC - Timisoara)
Project Members: PI-2 Dr. Marius C. MIRICA, PI-3 Mirela I. IORGA, PI-1 Dr. Stefan D. NOVACONI, PI-3 Doru L. BUZATU, PI Dr. Stefania F. RUS, PI Dr. Bogdan Ov. TARANU, Junior PI Dr. Marina A. TUDORAN, Junior PI Paula SVERA
Project Summary: Observing the amplified or synergetic photovoltaic effect with fullerene based double graphene layers embedded in quantum dots heterojunctions is designed in two steps: testing and calibrating the photovoltaic responses of the fullerene based mono-layer graphene embedded within photoelectroactive quantum dot heterojunctions (objective 1, TRL3); it is followed by the second stage of assembling and testing the fullerene based double-graphene quantum dot heterojunctions photovoltaics (objective 2, TRL4). The project is supported by the promising hot results of experimentally obtaining and confirming of ozopolymeric fullerene based graphene, as well as the computationally prediction of enhancing of quantum signals (by bondons for graphene layers, and by bondots for inter-layers of graphene) due to the topo-defects propagation on graphene, which can be triggered by interaction with light as in photovoltaics. The experimental demonstration framework of the fullerene based double graphene photovoltaics (FG2PV) effect and product is fully supported by the exclusive top facilities in nano-sciences offered by the Laboratory of renewable energies – photovoltaics (LERF) hosted by INCEMC-Timisoara; it is envisaged to be unfolded by internationally recognized researchers and post-docs together with young, very much skilled, enthusiastic and gender equilibrated team. With an optimal scientific management, reasonable costs and anticipated risks and mitigation measures, the FG2PV project is designed to be a worthy success. It will provide a scientific leap in the field of quantum dot photovoltaics, at low fidelity in TRL4 but also at low costs in the lab, while offering an innovative route at regional, national and international levels (in the view of Horizon 2020 programs) for inclusively employing the green carbon nanostructures (as graphene is by default) with the nano-techniques and systems in renewable energies, the solar one in particular.
Key Words: GRAPHENE NANO-PRECURSORS, DOUBLE GRAPHENIC SHEETS, BONDOTS (BONDING QUANTUM DOTS), PHOTOVOLTAIC HETEROJUNCTIONS, PHOTOVOLTAIC QUANTUM RANDAMENTS
Results on 2017: OPEN HERE
Results on 2018: OPEN HERE