UrFU: Russia will create solar panels to operate in space for at least 20 years
In Russia, a consortium of universities won a grant to create solar panels that could operate in space for at least 20 years. About it reports Ural Federal University (UrFU).
The work will be carried out in 2024-2026. The total amount of financing will be about 300 million rubles. The goal of the grant is to create solar cells capable of operating in conditions of cosmic radiation, with high efficiency and energy efficiency.
“Colleagues in Moscow will work on the creation of new materials and perovskite modules based on plastic, as well as on the creation of batteries. Our task is to study the radiation resistance of both batteries and accumulators in relation to different types of radiation,” said Ivan Zhidkov, head of the laboratory of photovoltaic materials at UrFU.
The project involves, in particular, testing solar panels as part of a small satellite.
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In January, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that in the interests of the engineering troops of the Armed Forces, mobile army energy sources based on solar panels had been developed – power banks could provide electricity to units performing tasks in the field.
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