Power Generating Solar Paint

Midhun Varghese
Roll no:11
M tech (PT)
 Introduction
 Urgent need for new ways of generating electricity

 Development of new technology

 Low cost solar energy

 Paint coatings or Flexible plastic sheets (PET)

 Applied to building, vehicle and appliances

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Conventional solar cell

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 Quantum dots
 Semiconductor whose excitons are confined in all three spatial
dimensions

 Typically have dimensions measured in nanometers

 Boosts the energy conversion efficiency

 Types of quantum dot solar cells

a. ETA(Extremely thin absorber) cells

b. Sensitizers
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 How to prepare solar paint
 Consists of Cds, CdSe and
TiO2 particles

 There are two methods

a. Physical mixing of TiO2 and

CdS in a mixed solvent

b. Pseudo-SILAR(Sequential
Ionic Layer Adsorption and
Reaction) method

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A) Tert-butanol and water
as solvent

B) CdS powder and TiO2

powder are slowly
mixed into the solvent

C,D) CdS deposited on

TiO2 after
pseudo-SILAR
process

E,F) Annealed films of

solar paint

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Solar paint

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Photo electrochemical performance
electrode ratio method Jsc (mA/cm2) Voc (mV) η (%)

CdS/TiO2 1.5:1.0 Mix 2.26 600 0.71

CdS/ZnO 2.25:1.0 Mix 3.01 675 0.57

CdS/ZnO/TiO2 2.0:1.0:0.2 Mix 3.63 685 0.89

CdS/TiO2 1.0:3.5 SILAR 2.33 615 0.87

CdSe/TiO2 1.0:5.0 SILAR 2.12 608 0.83

CdS– 1.0:1.5 SILAR, mix 3.1 585 1.08

TiO2/CdSe–TiO2

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 Comparison
Conventional solar cell Cell made from solar paint
 Not flexible and heavy  Flexible and very thin

 Can not respond at low light  Can even respond at low

levels light levels

 Provides power  Provides power at low cost

comparatively at higher cost

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 Challenges

 Improving the light to energy conversion rate

 Applying paint directly on to the roofs of the building

 Work still needs to be done to improve the conducting

material

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 Future Applications
 Sweater coated with paint could power a cellphone or other
wireless devices

 A hydrogen powered car coated with paint could convert

energy into electricity to continually recharge the battery

 Industries can generate their own power just by coating paint

on the building surface

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 Conclusion

The paint can be made cheaply and in large quantities. If the

efficiency is improved somewhat it will make a real difference in
meeting energy needs in future

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