Entries for American-Made Solar Prize: Ideation

Process for the measurement of performance loss

Process for the measurement of performance loss due to series resistance in photovoltaic devices under field conditions

by NREL Prize Administrator

Analysis , Artificial Intelligence , Community Solar , CSP Collectors , CSP Receivers , NREL contributed , PV Cell , PV Materials , PV/T Racking

Black Silicon Etching

Black Silicon Etching is a technology that both increases the efficiency of solar cells and decreases the capital costs of producing them.

by NREL Prize Administrator

Automation , Community Solar , CSP Collectors , DIY Solar Module Assembling , Forecasting , Grid Integration and Modeling , Manufacturing , NREL contributed , Photovoltaics (PV) , Power Electronics , PV Materials , PV System , Sensing & Communication , Thermal Energy Storage

Heterojunction Perovskite Photovoltaic Devices

NREL has developed a perovskite architecture that incorporates interdigitated contact geometry comprising alternating lateral p-n junctions

by NREL Prize Administrator

Analysis , Artificial Intelligence , Automation , Cogeneration , Community Solar , Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) , CSP Collectors , CSP CPV CPV/T , CSP Receivers , DIY Solar Module Assembling , Finance , Forecasting , Grid Integration and Modeling , Heat Transfer Fluids , Manufacturing , NREL contributed , Other , Permitting & Standardization , Photovoltaics (PV) , Plug and Play , Power column Transforming wind power and solar energy into electricity , Power Electronics , PV Cell , PV/DER Integration , PV Materials , PV Module , PV Reliability , PV System , PV/T Racking , Sensing & Communication , Smart IoT PV Home , Solar Module Assembling , Sustainable Manufacturing , Thermal Energy Storage , Wearable Technology

Non-contact Electroluminescence Imaging of Modules

Scientists at NREL have invented contactless EL imaging which provides an EL image without the need for electrical connection

by NREL Prize Administrator

Analysis , Cogeneration , Forecasting , NREL contributed , PV Cell , Solar Module Assembling

Distant Observer

This is an optical measurement tool for parabolic solar collectors that measures errors.

by NREL Prize Administrator

Community Solar , CSP CPV CPV/T , CSP Receivers , Grid Integration and Modeling , NREL contributed , Other , Photovoltaics (PV) , Power Electronics , PV Module , PV Reliability , Sensing & Communication , Solar Module Assembling , Sustainable Manufacturing , Thermal Energy Storage

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