by Gergely Zimanyi | Sep 1, 2020
Mitigating Solar Cell Degradation Overview Heterojunction (HJ) Si solar cells have world record efficiencies approaching 27%. However, these Si HJ solar cells have not yet been widely adopted by the market because they exhibit a performance degradation of about...
by Gergely Zimanyi | Aug 30, 2020
Increasing Solar Cell Efficiency Overview Our “Project Full Spectrum Boost” focuses on solar cells made of colloidal nanoparticles (NPs). The NPs are designed to boost absorption at low energies by supporting the Intermediate Band (IB) process. The IB implementations...
by Gergely Zimanyi | Aug 29, 2020
Magnets for Hybrid Car Engines Overview In the area of permanent magnets, we are exploring the reversal mechanism of hard permanent magnets in order to improve their utility for alternative energy purposes. We strive to develop stronger permanent magnets with higher...
by Gergely Zimanyi | Aug 28, 2020
Photovoltaic Desalination Overview We have invented photovoltaic desalination. We have provided the proof of concept experimentally. We are performing extensive simulations to analyze the dynamics of desalination/flushing cycle. Our simulations start on the atomistic...
by Gergely Zimanyi | Aug 27, 2020
Glassy Systems Overview We are exploring the slow dynamics, the glassy phases and memory and aging effects of spin glasses, dislocation systems and Coulomb glasses. We also analyze the formation of avalanches and their statistics. Using scaling analysis, we research...
