POSSIBILITIES OF NANOTECHNOLOGY IN SOLAR ENERGY

Abstract

The development of applied aspects of the phenomenon of self - organization in solving the problem of improving the efficiency of solar converters is considered. It is proved that the creation of self -organized nano - sized semiconductor thermal contacts on t he surface of a solar cell can significantly improve the process of converting solar radiation into electricity . It is shown that such an improvement is carried out regardless of the degree of crystallinity of the substrate material. This makes it possible to use cheap and stably stable technical silicon as a substrate for solar cells, on the surface of which many nanoscale p - n junctions from another semiconductor material are created. It is proved that due to the manifestation of the physical effect of sel f - organization, almost ideal hetero structures with high crystal perfection and high uniformity are realized. The paper defines the cond itions under which contacting semiconductors will be able to form stable and photo - efficient hetero junctions. Keywords:semiconductor, the current - voltage characteristic of nanocluster