Subtopic 3: Alternative Solar Technologies
Goals 目標
(1) To develop novel light-trapping schemes for the enhancement of photovoltaic efficiency.
開發新型光採集形式以提高電池的光電轉換效率。
(2) To explore novel metal oxides and organic dyes for chemical fuels via artificial photosynthetic and photocatalytic processes.
開發新型的金屬氧化物和有機染料分子，從而在化學燃料的合成中實現高效的人工光合作用和光催化。
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Using micro-fibrous red phosphorus to produce clean fuel (hydrogen) from water with high efficiency Innovative Breakthroughs: Red phosphorous is abundant in the earth’s crust and can be extracted fairly easily. The process of conversion leaves only water as a by-product, without any toxic gas. Academic merits: Published in the international journal "Angewandte Chemie”.
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Plasmonic and Upconversion Nanomaterials Innovative Breakthroughs: Invented an innovative lanthanide-sensitized oxide for capturing infrared light for solar harvesting by solar cells, reaching a maximal efficiency of 16%, which is at least double the efficiency of traditional nano-upconversion materials. Academic merits: Published in "Nature Communications" under the Nature publishing group.
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Development of Thermoelectric Generators (TEGs) Innovative Breakthroughs: The team developed thermoelectric generators (TEGs) that achieved a power density as high as 9.2 mW cm-2 at a temperature difference of 52.5 K, which is the highest value reported so far for the electroplated micro-TEGs in the literature. Academic merits: Published in the international journal Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems
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