Project for new materials with goal: new solar cells?
Is it possible to make a simulation of new materials for solar cells with goal to find new one - more effective and cheaper which can revolutionize the field? If it is possible on D-wave 2000 Q machine, can someone estimate how much a project like this can cost? What do you thing?
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Hi Borislav,
You might be onto something. A paper published in Nature magazine in August 2018 described how researchers used a D-Wave system to create a "programmable quantum simulator".
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06042-8
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05979-0
https://phys.org/news/2018-08-d-wave-large-scale-quantum-simulation-topological.html
Maybe a quantum simulator could be designed to model how photovoltaic material converts sunlight to electricity.
At the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado, scientists are studying how solar cells work at the atomic scale. You might find some relevant leads on NREL's website.
https://www.nrel.gov/
If you visit Colorado, I highly recommend taking a walking tour of NREL and/or attending a public lecture. Ask to see the outdoor solar panel test facility. James Bosch is a particularly good tour guide.
https://www.nrel.gov/about/energy-education.html
I use a solar panel, a solar charge controller, and an AGM lead-acid battery to power my ham radio equipment in the field. I am highly interested in more efficient and cost-effective solar power and battery technologies. If you design a better solar panel, let me know so I can buy one. :-)
Cheers,
S.D.
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