Anteos公司收到了SBIR项目二期格兰特标题为:Relief-Free红外衍射光学基于半导体材料。他们奖资助在2009年《美国复苏和再投资法案》(公法111 - 5)和他们的项目将开发新一代的relief-free薄板衍射光学组件操作的红外区光谱。衍射光学采用体积相位全息结构,这是红外波长的光学记录在半导体材料的透明使用专有的照片修改过程产生戏剧性的变化下的材料折射率与低强度光照明。这个项目的第一阶段证明可行性建议的概念通过展示照片修改奈米红外材料和制造第一个模型组件。发达技术可以立即应用于制造的衍射光学、体积相位全息光栅,板材和相位缺陷波长1.9 m,以及增透层波长8米。在二期项目的技术将被优化和应用于制造原型组件长波长的红外衍射光学的操作,包括重要的CO2激光波长10.6和windows的大气透明度3 - 5和8 - 12米。发达的照片修改过程的适应性很强并创建一个丰富的技术平台的制造范围广泛的各种各样的市场产品。这项技术的成功实施将导致新一代的高效relief-free红外衍射光学和sub-wavelength组件,包括衍射光栅、束器,梁牛头刨床,半导体材料与人工双折射,相位延迟盘子和波板。红外衍射光学的relief-free组件基于半导体材料能够承受高的光强度和执行复杂的管理功能。另一个重要应用是高度稳定的制造anti-reflection红外半导体光学(AR)层。 The market for infrared diffractive optics includes defense and airspace industry, laser industry, spectral devices, sensors and detectors, night vision optics, industrial process control, material processing, cutting and welding, environmental monitoring, medical diagnostics and surgery. Anteos is a company that received a SBIR Phase II grant for a project entitled: High-Efficiency Nanocomposite Photovoltaics and Solar Cells. Their project is focused on development of an innovative technology for fabrication of high-efficiency thin film nanocomposite photovoltaic materials and solar cells taking advantage of the recently discovered effect of carrier multiplication in semiconductor nanocrystals. The proposed concept employs smart design of the solar cells providing fast and effective spatial separation of electrons and holes photo-generated in the nanocrystals. The proposed reach nanotechnology platform solves the challenging problem of electrical communications with nanoscale objects, such as nanocrystals, nanorods, nanowires, nanotubes, etc. It can be employed for development of many other nanocomposite optoelectronic devices having numerous commercial and military applications. If successful the development of new generation of high-efficiency photovoltaic materials and solar cells based on the demonstrated technology will have broad impact on the entire solar energy industry resulting in considerable energy savings and environmental protection. The technology has great commercialization potential and niche market. The proposed all-inorganic, high-efficiency, thin film, flexible nanostructured photovoltaic materials and solar cells, which can operate in extreme environment conditions and offer significant mass and volume savings, are ideally suitable for numerous applications, including power generating residential rooftops, power supplies for utility grid, emergency signals and telephones, water pumps, activate switches, battery chargers, residential and commercial lighting, etc.

杰姆企业公司收到了SBIR第一阶段项目授予资格:硫化锡(II)光伏发电。他们的项目旨在开发光伏设备基于硫化锡(II) (SnS)。SnS的属性,包括带隙,载体密度和流动性,化学和热稳定性,以及冶金性能,保证实现的可能性相对较高的转换效率先进过程控制和设备设计。在这个项目中,近空间升华(CSS)技术,薄膜制备方法证明了低成本和高可制造性,将用于合成SnS。这个项目的整体/商业影响将可能产生光伏设备基于低成本和环保的材料。毫无疑问,太阳能发电近年来吸引了很多关注,作为替代能源和可再生能源。然而,大多数现有的太阳能电池技术有一个或多个以下问题,(1)原材料不是十分充裕;(2)使用有毒材料;(3)总成本很高。该项目将解决这些问题通过开发光伏设备使用SnS,半导体材料,可以提供大规模和回收成本较低。

Tisol公司收到了SBIR第一阶段资助项目的标题为:可伸缩的介孔超薄薄膜的制造生产色素增感太阳能电池的效率。他们的项目旨在运用专业方法发展迅速,大规模的和廉价的薄膜沉积技术。我们的目标是使低成本大规模生产和维护优化纳米结构和电影属性色素增感太阳能电池的效率。更广泛的社会/商业的影响这个项目将可能减少色素增感太阳能电池材料的生产成本。色素增感太阳能电池与其他太阳能电池技术相比,技术的潜力(1)低成本由于丰富的元素,构成了细胞;(2)轻量级从而降低安装成本和增强灵活性。然而,最近的进步光电行业制定成本标准的< 1美元/瓦特。色素增感太阳能电池如果是平价与当前市场上技术,薄膜沉积的成本必须降低。这个项目目标的发展高通量和大规模薄膜沉积过程,这将使太阳能发电通过涂料技术更划算,因此更可用。

光栅合并的公司收到了STTR阶段我资助项目标题为:在低成本高效光电薄膜基质层转移。资助他们的他们的奖是根据2009年美国复苏与再投资法案》,他们的项目将高纵横比、纳米、柱状,晶体硅结构作为模板薄膜砷化镓太阳能电池的低成本高质量增长灵活的基质。Sub-10-nm Si种子层将促进增长的低次品密度砷化镓薄膜。纳米结构的长宽比也作为删除完成的牺牲层砷化镓太阳能电池。砷化镓薄膜的外延生长和表征纳米硅结构将由新墨西哥大学的高科技中心。成功的阶段我STTR研究将导致高的商业化(~ 20%)高效、灵活的太阳能电池应用广泛的地面和空间环境。多个衬底重用和Si固有的大面积处理能力将导致显著的降低成本。高质量的异质外延砷化镓增长如果一直是一个热门的研究主题。由于其直接带隙,砷化镓是有吸引力的光电应用程序和其与Si-based微电子集成一个珍视的目标。晶格和热膨胀不匹配,如果很难生长良好的设备质量层。 We have recently demonstrated as the Si seed dimension is reduced below 100 nm dimensions, the quality of heteroepitaxial growth increases rapidly. The nm-scale Si structures are formed using low-cost, large area methods based on conventional integrated circuit processing methods. Successful research effort will lead to reduction in PV generation costs, and enhanced applicability of thin-film PV in terrestrial and space environments because in contrast with competing thin-film solar cells, GaAs thin-film solar cells will not suffer from light-induced performance degradation.

等腰的公司收到了STTR阶段我资助项目标题为:全谱共轭聚合物的高效有机光电。资助他们的他们的奖是根据2009年美国复苏与再投资法案》,他们的项目将展示形成全面高效的可行性从新设计的共轭聚合物太阳能电池和潜在变量隙聚合物收获可见光通过红外线。小说的材料将被合并Silole伪造和donor-acceptor-donor半个骨干,预计将增加光收获和载流子迁移率,因此短路电流输出可能是由三个因素造成的对艺术的状态。这项工作还将优化的关键创新能级降低电压损失和进一步优化器件结构和电影形态学预计改善填充因数。第一阶段的主要目标是确定锻造全谱和高载流子迁移率的可行性共轭聚合物,实现高效的太阳能转换。这项工作的一个辅助的目标是到达光物理过程和物理设备的理解会导致最优设备制造在第二阶段。这种技术对环境、社会和经济的影响非常广泛。随后突然能源成本下降源于全谱收获今天承诺提供稳定和急需救援的挥发油为基础的全球经济。虽然光伏(PV)生产已经是全球增长最快的能源,预计这个STTR计划的计划努力带着减少光伏生产成本的预计在2010年的3倍。在预测每瓦0.70美元的生产成本,本研究将演示技术竞争的电力产生来自化石燃料的成本。 This technology will provide clean and cost competitive energy for home and industrial power, vehicle propulsion, consumer electronics, remote sensing, security, and an endless list of existing applications that currently rely on energy from fossil fuel.

Primestar Solar公司收到了SBIR第一阶段资助项目的标题为:高质量、低成本、多晶cd / CdTe光伏电池。他们将开发新工艺生产的低成本和高质量薄膜复合半导体cd和集团。这些将被用于更廉价地生产高性能光伏发电从阳光的模块。光电薄膜CdTe-based目前需要post-deposition CdCl2治疗和退火达到合理的性能。这个退火增加晶粒尺寸在一些电影和增加的少数载流子寿命CdTe电影。少数载流子寿命通常是与设备相关光伏电池的效率。然而,CdCl2退火不能优化最大化少数载流子寿命因为试图这样做造成电影分层。电影分层发生退火期间由于应变诱导膜和玻璃衬底之间的接口。这个提议试图开发一个薄膜沉积过程,同时避免了这个问题,使电影更好的质量。这个过程将促进大晶粒生长,钝化缺陷和晶界钝化而消除需要post-deposition CdCl2治疗和退火。 This will result in higher efficiency solar cells and a streamlined production process. Commercially, solar photovoltaic modules are a silent, pollution free means to generate electricity from sunlight. Once the capital investment is made to install a photovoltaic electricity system, its operating cost is essentially zero because its "fuel", sunlight, is free. Photovoltaic electricity provides a means for homes to generate as much energy as they use over the course of a year. The production of photovoltaic modules has been increasing 20-30% annually for the past decade due to increases in efficiency and reductions in cost. However, for photovoltaics to achieve significant market penetration into mainstream electricity generation, this growth rate must be continued. This requires further increases in module efficiency and reductions in module cost. This research proposal addresses both of these issues. Successful development of this technology will ensure the marketplace success of CdTe photovoltaic modules, and pave the way for widespread stable-priced, sustainable, pollution-free electricity generation.