Solar Energy Harvesting With The Application Of Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology is an enabling technology that provides an extensive range of resources to resolve the energy related problems as the developing components and appliances are smaller than 100nm they provide the new ways to catch store and exchange energy.

Solar energy harvesting with the application of nanotechnology.

Every day the sun shines a huge amount of energy which is generated through a process of nuclear fusion. Among a number of devices the solar collector the fuel cell photocatalysis and solar photovoltaic. Researchers at flinders university have used phosphorene nanosheets to build low temperature perovskite solar cells. Therefore it is required to increase the portion of renewable energy sources in supplying the primary energy of the world.

In the area of energy harvesting researchers are developing thin film solar electric panels that can be fitted onto computer cases and flexible piezoelectric nanowires woven into clothing to generate usable energy on the go from light friction and or body heat to power mobile electronic devices. Solar thermal is called concentrated solar power or c s p. Nanotechnology for harvesting solar energy. Nanotechnology applications under development researchers at mit have developed a method to manufacture larger defect free sheets of graphene for use in lightweight solar cells.

In this study the solar harvesting technology with the help of nano materials has been thoroughly studied. It uses the 1st generation solar cells which absorbs energy efficiently. The different types of modern solar collecting technologies that use the nano materials effectively and successfully have been discussed. The idea is simple.

No complex chemistry or fancy silicon wafers required. From the previous research it has been shown that nanotechnology is a powerful tool for a host of the solar system in support of efficient sustainable energy conversion storage and conservation in terms of. Promising nanomaterials and nanotechnology applied for the solar energy harvesting have been discussed in 59. The new material uses nanotechnology and absorbs the infrared part of the sun s energy.

In active solar. Infrared plastic solar cell scientists have invented a plastic solar cell that can turn the suns power into electrical energy even on a cloudy day. In this study it is focused on application of nanotechnology in exploitation of renewable energy sources and the related technologies such as hydrogen production solar cell geothermal and biofuel. There are rough comparison of couple of methods to convert solar energy to heat in table 6.

For this review paper solar hydrogen and new generation batteries and supercapacitors are described as the most significant examples of the contributions of nanotechnology in the energy sector. Different methods for solar energy harvesting comparison.