INFRARED PLASTIC

SOLAR CELL

By:-
P.PRANAY REDDY
ECE-B
16J21A0455
JOGINPALLY BR ENGINEERING COLLEGE
 Why Use Solar Cells?

Low maintenance, long lasting sources of energy.

Provides cost-effective power supplies for people
remote from the main electricity grid.
Non-polluting and silent sources of electricity.
Convenient and flexible source of small amounts of
power.
Renewable and sustainable power, as a means to reduce
global warming.
In 2002, the global market for photovoltaic panels and
equipment was valued at 3.5 billion dollars.
 INTRODUCTION

The plastic solar cells uses nanotechnology and contains the first solar
cells able to harness the sun's invisible, infrared rays.
Plastic solar cells could one day become five more times more
efficient that current solar cell technology.
The working of this type of solar cells is same as that of conventional
solar cells but these solar cells are of small size and harness all the
rays from sun's radiation.
Because of their small size and light weight, they exhibit unusual and
interesting properties.
 Infrared plastic solar cell

Plastic solar cell can turn the suns power into electric energy
even on a cloudy day.

The plastic material uses nanotechnology and contains the

1stgeneration solar cells that can harness the sun’s invisible
infrared rays.

Nano particles called quantum dots are combined with a

polymer to make the plastic that can detect energy in the
infrared
It uses specially designed Nano particles called quantum
dots
The quantum dots with a polymer to make the plastic
that can detect energy in the infrared.
Construction of Plastic Solar Cell
The solar cell created is actually a hybrid, comprised of tiny
nanorods dispersed in an organic polymer or plastic.
Nanorods are made of cadmium selenide.
This layer of around 200 nanometers thickness is sandwiched
between electrodes.
The electrodes are coated with aluminum.
 Working Of Plastic Solar Cell

Nanorods in the plastic solar cell acts like wires when they
absorb light of specific wavelength they generate an electron
and electron hole vacancy in the rod that moves around just
like an electron
This electron travels the length of rod until it is collected by
aluminium electrode
The hole is transferred to the plastic which is known as a hole
carrier and conveyed to the electrode creating current
 Improvements
Some of the obvious improvements include better light collection
and concentration, which already are employed in commercial solar
cells.
Significant improvements can be made in the plastic,
nanorods mix, too, ideally packing the nanorods closer together,
perpendicular to the electrodes, using minimal polymer, or even
none-the nanorods would transfer their electrons more directly
to the electrode.
In their first-generation solar cells, the nanorods are jumbled
up in the polymer, leading to losses of current via electron-hole
recombination and thus lower efficiency.
They also hope to tune the nanorods to absorb different colors to
span the spectrum of sunlight. An eventual solar cell has three layers
each made of nanorods that absorb at different wavelength.
 Comparison
PV CELLS
Made of some special material called
semiconductors.
Expensive because of manufacturing process
Requires large space, Efficiency is less
It won’t work under cloudy conditioned
It can’t harness the sun’s invisible infrared rays can harness the sun’s invisible infrared rays
NANO- SOLAR CELLS
Constructed using Nanotechnology
Cost is less because less material is used
Compact and require less space, Efficiency
is more
Nano- solar cell that can turn the suns power
into
electricity energy even on a
cloudy days
It contains the 2nd generation solar cell that
 Applications
Development of a super thin disposable solar panel poster
A hydrogen powered car painted with the film could potentially
convert energy into electricity to continually recharge the car’s
battery.

wireless
 Advantages
They are considered to be 30% more efficient when compared
to conventional solar cells.
Traditional solar cells are bulky panels. This is very compact.
Flexible, roller processed solar cells have the potential to turn
the sun’s power into a clean, green, consistent source of
energy.
 Disadvantages

The biggest problem with this is cost effectiveness. But that

could change with new material. But chemists have found a
way to make cheap plastic solar cells flexible enough to paint
onto any surface and potentially able to provide electricity for
wearable electronics or other low power devices.

Relatively shorter life span when continuously exposed to

sunlight.
 Could possibly require higher maintenance and constant
monitoring
 conclusions

Plastic solar cells help in exploiting the infrared radiation.

More effective when compared to conventional solar cells.
They can even work on cloudy days.
Though at present cost is a major drawback, it can be solved in
the near future.
Thank You