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Infrared Plastic Solar Cell: Abstract

Plastic solar cells offer several advantages over traditional solar panels. They are lightweight, flexible, inexpensive to produce, and can harness infrared radiation from sunlight. By incorporating nanotechnology, plastic solar cells could double their efficiency and reduce costs, making solar energy more economical. Transparent plastic solar cells could also be integrated into windows and buildings to generate electricity while allowing views. As fossil fuel prices rise, plastic solar cells may help address energy needs through solar power while avoiding pollution.

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Infrared Plastic Solar Cell: Abstract

Plastic solar cells offer several advantages over traditional solar panels. They are lightweight, flexible, inexpensive to produce, and can harness infrared radiation from sunlight. By incorporating nanotechnology, plastic solar cells could double their efficiency and reduce costs, making solar energy more economical. Transparent plastic solar cells could also be integrated into windows and buildings to generate electricity while allowing views. As fossil fuel prices rise, plastic solar cells may help address energy needs through solar power while avoiding pollution.

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INFRARED PLASTIC SOLAR CELL

Abstract:
As we know we have lived with the sun our entire life and probably most of us take it for
granted, we never use it properly. Electricity is the lifeblood of modern civilization and we can
get as much as we want from the sun. As coal, gas, oil and nuclear energy fuel prices
continue to raise solar energy will become even more cost effective. Solar panels are active
solar devices that convert sunlight into electricity. They come in a variety of rectangular
shapes and are usually installed in combination to produce electricity. The primary
component of a solar panel is the solar cells, or photovoltaic cell having low efficiency and
high cost. Plastic solar cell technology is based on conjugated polymers and molecules.
Polymer solar cells have attracted considerable attention in the past few years owing to their
potential of providing environmentally safe, flexible, lightweight, inexpensive, efficient solar
cells. Application of nanotechnology in these plastic solar cells will helps us to make solar
energy more economical. Production of plastic solar cells using quantum dots could double
the efficiency levels currently possible and reduce costs. The transparent solar cells is an
advance towards giving windows in homes and other buildings the ability to generate
electricity while allowing to view from inside. Currently solar energy’s biggest problem is the
highest cost compared to other sources. But introduction of plastic solar cells with the
nanotechnology in solar energy will increase the efficiency and reduce the cost which will
give solution to global crisis. If the solar farms can become a reality, it could possibly solve
the planet problem of depending too much on the fossil fuels, without a chance of even
polluting the environment. The prospect that light weight and flexible polymer solar cells can
be produced, has spurred interests from research institutes and companies. In the last five
years there has been an enormous increase in the understanding and performance of
polymer-fullerene bulk hetero junction solar cells. Comprehensive insights have been
obtained in crucial materials parameters in terms of morphology, energy levels, charge
transport, and electrode materials. Plastic solar cells help in exploiting the infrared radiation
from the sun's rays. They are more effective when compared to the conventional solar cell.
The major advantage they enjoy is that they can even work on cloudy days, which is not
possible in the former. They are more compact and less bulky.

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