{"id":12294,"date":"2019-11-16T19:57:11","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T02:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/?p=12294"},"modified":"2019-11-16T19:57:11","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T02:57:11","slug":"sas-2019-larry-cooke-and-novasolix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/sas-2019-larry-cooke-and-novasolix\/","title":{"rendered":"SAS 2019: Larry Cooke and NovaSolix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Laurence H. (Larry) Cooke, Chief Technology Officer for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.novasolix.com\/\">NovaSolix, a California-based solar panel manufacturer,<\/a> discussed a way to make what are essentially radio waves into efficient, inexpensive solar power.\u00a0 His biography includes this indicator of a productive life. \u201cLarry \u201cCooke has written one book, multiple papers and have over 100 granted US patents. Cooke is currently CTO and Chairman of NovaSolix, a revolutionary Carbon Nanotube Rectenna array based solar cell start-up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NovaSolix - Crossing Magic Lines in Solar Energy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4gUTl40sj3k?start=11&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>NovaSolix separates its approach to capturing solar energy from the \u201ctraditional\u201d solar cell, solar panel method.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>\u201cThe Old Way\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoughtco.com\/history-of-solar-cells-1992435\"><em>Thoughtco.com<\/em> says,<\/a> \u201cAny device that directly converts the energy in light into electrical energy through the process of photovoltaics is a solar cell.\u201d\u00a0 Such devices have a longer history than your editor anticipated.\u00a0 Antoine-Cesar Becquerel noted a voltage drop when light fell on a solid electrode in an electrolyte solution.\u00a0 It took until 1839 for Charles Fritt to develop the first genuine solar cell, by coating semiconducting selenium with an extremely thin layer of gold.<\/p>\n<p>In 1941, Russel Ohl created the silicon solar cell, the predecessor of today\u2019s rooftop panels.\u00a0 His cell achieved less than one percent efficiency, though.\u00a0 According to <em>Thoughtco.com<\/em>, \u201cIn 1954, three American researchers, Gerald Pearson, Calvin Fuller, and Daryl Chapin, designed a silicon solar cell capable of a six percent energy conversion efficiency with direct sunlight.\u201d\u00a0 Bell Laboratories followed with early mass production of such cells, installing a Bell Solar Battery in a telephone carrier system on October 4, 1955.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14627\" style=\"width: 538px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sustainableskies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/novasolix-efficiency-comparison.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14627\" class=\"wp-image-14627 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/sustainableskies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/novasolix-efficiency-comparison-528x334.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14627\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">current solar cell efficiency. National Renewable Energy Laboratory<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Most panels on rooftops today are still only about 15 to 20-percent efficient and even those on Solar Impulse were rated at around 22.7-percent.<\/p>\n<p>Novasolix explains this lack of efficiency.\u00a0 \u201cToday\u2019s common solar technology is based upon the photovoltaic effect that was first shown in 1839. Photovoltaic solar cells operate at the quantum level. A photon approaches an electron. If the photon has the required minimum energy, it can be absorbed by the electron that excites the electron (moving it to a higher energy state). Capturing the resulting diffused electrons creates an electric current.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe key with PV technology is that not just any photon can excite an electron. The photon needs a minimum amount of energy . That means that lower energy infrared light (about 40% of all solar energy to hit the surface of the Earth) will not generate electricity. Furthermore, only certain frequencies of light (specific colors) correspond to the energy states required to knock an electron free. And, of course, a weak light cannot excite an electron to the next higher energy state, so dim lights produce zero power in PV cells.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The NovaSolix Way<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Larry\u2019s description of NovaSolix\u2019s technology shows a very different approach.\u00a0 \u201cWe are developing rectifying antenna based solar devices used to capture solar energy with an initial target of twice the efficiency at 20% of the cost and 20% of the weight per watt of current single junction solar cells. We are using multi-wall carbon nanotubes (CNTs) grown in arrays of tiny antennas that are suspended between Aluminum ground\/contact lines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NovaSolix - Creating Cost Effective Highly Efficient Solar Energy Today\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lVSkneYjvrs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>All solar energy up to this point requires that photons push electrons to a higher energy state.\u00a0 Novalsolix uses microscopic antennas to capture the light energy \u201cas very high frequency alternating current and then use a diode to convert the alternating current into usable direct current.\u00a0 Each carbon nanotube antenna is about one micron (1\/10,000,000<sup>th<\/sup> of a meter) long with a diode on one end that operates at frequencies approaching 1 PHz or one quadrillion cycles per second.\u00a0 Compare that to\u00a0 AM radio, which operates at around one million cycles per second.\u00a0 AM antennas are about a meter long.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14625\" style=\"width: 538px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sustainableskies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/novasolix-cross-section-numbers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14625\" class=\"wp-image-14625 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/sustainableskies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/novasolix-cross-section-numbers-528x227.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"227\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14625\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Using LCD (liquid crystal display) flat-panel TV processing equipment, NovaSolix can mass produce rectenna solar cells at low cost<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Because NovaSolix collectors place \u201croughly one million tiny radio receivers per square inch, they are able to retrieve frequencies \u201cfrom low infrared through visible light and up into the ultraviolet.\u201d\u00a0 Gathering the full spectrum enables conversion of weak light to small amounts of power.\u00a0 A currently real 40-percent efficiency with a theoretical limit of 90 percent enables smaller, lighter panels to generate 400 Watts per square meter to 900 Watts per square meter.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14623\" style=\"width: 538px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sustainableskies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/novasolix-Antenna.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14623\" class=\"wp-image-14623 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/sustainableskies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/novasolix-Antenna-528x264.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"264\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14623\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The blue represents modern solar modules conversion ranges, the light green represents a working prototype by NovaSolix, and the dark green (plus areas under) is the goal. Yellow and grey represent potential at sea level and in space. <a href=\"https:\/\/pv-magazine-usa.com\/2018\/11\/23\/all-i-want-for-christmas-is-a-90-efficient-solar-panel\/\">Source: PV magazine<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Revised manufacturing techniques using existing tooling will produce cells at very low cost and which weigh less while bringing flexibility that will allow their use on curved aircraft surfaces.<\/p>\n<p>The NovaSolix approach places roughly one trillion tiny radio receivers (rectennas) per square inch. \u00a0Unlike PV cells, the NS cells are compatible with a wide range of frequencies from low infrared through visible light and up into the ultraviolet. Furthermore, the NS cells are able to convert weak light to small amounts of power. The theoretical limit on efficiency of NS cells is roughly 90% or three times the energy of a PV cell. Initial NS cells will be roughly 40% efficient, producing roughly 400 watts\/square meter. Finally, due to the different underlying manufacturing process, NS cells are cheaper and lighter weight than PV cells while also being flexible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solar Transportation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cooke suggested a Tesla with NovaSolix cells covering its surfaces could recharge the equivalent of an additional 16 miles of range per hour.\u00a0 The firm\u2019s web site claims that would be sufficient to recharge the batteris of 68-percent of all commuters in the U. S., with one hour\u2019s car-top recharging enough for a one-way commute.\u00a0 88 percent of all commuters would not need to recharge their cars with four hours of sunlight.<\/p>\n<p>Four hours driving at 60 mph would take the car 240 miles and add 64 miles of solar charging.\u00a0 One tricky calculation adds 16 miles for the hour saved by not having to stop to recharge.\u00a0 Even the half-hour spent at a Tesla Supercharger would add eight miles of capacity.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14622\" style=\"width: 538px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sustainableskies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/novasolix-sono-solar-car.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14622\" class=\"size-large wp-image-14622\" src=\"http:\/\/sustainableskies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/novasolix-sono-solar-car-528x318.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"318\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14622\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sonomotors.com\/en\/sion\/\">Sono Motors<\/a> is a separate company that makes an electric car with built-in solar power supplemental charging. A sunny day can provide 18 miles of driving range on a 24% efficient solar cell. If NovaSolix increased solar cell efficiency to 90% then one day of sunlight driving would be 67 miles.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>NovaSolix suggest, \u201cA similar analysis shows that by covering a railroad boxcar with NS cells, the sun would be capable of powering the refrigeration system and still have power left over for propulsion.\u201d\u00a0 Even better, perhaps, a Tesla or Freighliner eCascadia with a semi-trailer covered with NS cells might be literally unstoppable in range.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aerospace<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NovaSolix\u2019s initial application seems to be aimed at satellites and drone aircraft.\u00a0 The company notes, \u201cModern communications satellites are power constrained. Even with huge banks of PV cells, few modern satellites have more than 4000 or 5000 watt power envelopes. Using NS cells, the same weight of cells could result in a tenfold increase in power budget. Furthermore, since NS cells can convert infrared radiation (normally seen as heat) into power, the satellites will have less difficulty staying cool in direct sunlight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The technology would be applicable to high-altitude, long-endurance craft such as those used for surveillance missions.\u00a0 Again, the light weight and high power output would enable essentially endless missions.<\/p>\n<p>We can wish Larry Cooke and NovaSolix the best of fortunes.\u00a0 Their success be a game changer in electric aircraft.<\/p>\n<div id=\"facebook_like\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fcafe.foundation%2Fblog%2Fsas-2019-larry-cooke-and-novasolix%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=500&amp;action=like&amp;font=segoe+ui&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:500px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laurence H. 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