The theoretical limit of nanoantenna as sunlight harvester is over 90% compared to the theoretical limit of conventional silicon solar cells around 30%. In the framework of the GreEnergy project, researchers at the University of Udine and Università Politecnica delle Marche in Italy have shown in recent work that a design of antennas could be used to convert sunlight to electricity with an efficiency of >70% and a modelled diode can rectify it with approximately 50% efficiency.
In this workshop, we will discuss what technological challenges remain before solar panels based on these findings can be realized and gone to production and what commercial potential they can have.
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