![]() ![]() Tom has worked with leading solar experts from CREST, Durham University, the University of Oxford and Colorado State University, in the United States, to explore the effect selenium has in solar panels and the group has had their findings published today in Nature Energy – a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal which only shares the top energy research across the natural and social sciences. Until now, it was not well understood why selenium increases efficiency but thanks to Tom Fiducia, a PhD Research Student in the Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST), and an international team of researchers, the puzzle has been solved. Recently, new solar panels have been created that are made from a semiconducting material called cadmium telluride (CdTe).ĬdTe panels have been found to produce electricity at lower costs than silicon panels and there has been a dramatic gain in efficiency brought about by adding an element called selenium to the cadmium telluride.Īs a result, electricity from CdTe solar farms is being produced more cheaply than it is from fossil fuels giving economic as well as environmental benefits around the world. ![]() ![]() Most of the world’s solar power is currently produced by solar panels – also known as photovoltaic panels – that are made of silicon. ![]()
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