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Students in civil Engineering from the Estácio College, from Rio Grande do Sul, had a search over the radiation impact on solar panels and thermal effects on the surface of flexible solar panels indexed to the NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Furthermore, they received medals of the Agency's Artemis program.
A research and development of the submitted article were made by the students scientific initiation Rodrigo Krischke, which graduated at the end of 2023, and Michele Machado, scholarship holder from CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development).
André Felipe da Silva Guedes, course teacher of Civil Engineering, guided the research. The teacher is also coordinator PEI (Research, Extension and Internationalization) at Estácio.
“Receiving the news that the article was indexed in the NASA database made me sure that I am on the right path in stimulating research at the Scientific Initiation level. Sharing knowledge through the article and receiving this recognition of being a reference from NASA, further reinforces my responsibility as a supervisor in the research I carry out with Civil Engineering students”, comments the professor.
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The students designed and developed flexible organic solar cells for energy conversion with 12% efficiency. Furthermore, also measured the thermal effects of solar radiation on the surface of these cells and establish the reduction percentage in useful life.
You main results obtained indicated that the inclusion of an optimized polyaniline layer, called PANI-X1, reduced the effects of degradation arising from sun exposure. This resulted in a reduction of just 15% in the cell's useful life.
The document is available on the ADS (Astrophysics Data System), operated by NASA's Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
Michele Machado comments that the university space offers several opportunities for students to get involved with academic and scientific research. “I didn’t imagine that research could advance with major proposals and is now internationally recognized. This shows that every well-placed brick can contribute to great projects”, he comments.
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