Iranian Scientists Make Printed Perovskite Nanostructured Solar Module with Carbon Electrode

“This research project is now being commercialized to ensure sustainability and obtain the required standards. So far, we have reached 20% efficiency in the laboratory,” Afshin Arastouyee, a researcher of the project, told ANA.

Noting that each of the mini-modules can produce 6 volts of electricity, he said, “It means that we can charge a mobile phone in a sunny place with 4 of these mini-modules.”

“After irradiating the active area, light is converted into electrical energy and exits the module's output. This electricity can be directly fed into the city's electricity or stored in a battery,” Arastouyee said.

“This electricity can be used for industrial or personal use; if a module and battery are installed on the roof of each building, people can use the electricity from solar cells or, if they do not consume electricity, sell this electricity to the electricity department,” he added.

The researcher stated that in the next generation, the windows of houses will become solar cells that can continuously generate electricity.

In a relevant development in September, Iranian researchers at a knowledge-based company had succeeded in making a water desalination system by using solar energy which can produce fresh and hot water.

“This device is designed to be portable and it can supply the necessary energy to carry out the processes through solar cells,” Milad Qahremani, one of the managers of the knowledge-based company, told ANA.

“There are a series of devices in this PVT complex that, in addition to generating electricity they produce hot water; the hot water that passes behind the panels increases the efficiency of the panels, produces more electricity and supplies hot water to the consumers,” he added.

Qahremani explained that the device is capable of producing 400 liters of fresh water per hour.

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