Imagine a solar panel that is as flexible as a sheet of plastic and can be printed like a newspaper. Instead of heavy glass and expensive metals, it uses a special crystal material and carbon ink to capture sunlight. This makes solar power light enough to wrap around a car or blend into a building wall without needing heavy supports.
Traditional silicon solar panels are heavy, rigid, and expensive to install on non-flat surfaces. This limits solar adoption in the automotive and architectural sectors where flexibility and aesthetics are required.
A scalable manufacturing process for flexible perovskite solar cells using carbon electrodes, utilizing gravure printing and slot-die coating.
If you are a building materials company dealing with the weight and rigidity of silicon panels — this project developed flexible perovskite cells that allow for aesthetic, customized solar integration into walls and roofs with production costs below 0.3 EUR/Wp.
If you are a car manufacturer dealing with the difficulty of fitting rigid panels on curved vehicle surfaces — this project developed flexible solar cells that can be integrated into the bodywork to extend battery life while keeping emissions below 0.01 kg CO2eq/kWh.
If you are a smart-sensor company dealing with short battery life in remote devices — this project developed lightweight, printable solar cells that can power small electronics without the need for bulky traditional panels.
The project aims to lower production costs to below 0.3 EUR/Wp.
Yes, the project focuses on high-throughput fabrication using industrially viable methods such as gravure printing and slot-die coating.
Based on available project data, specific licensing terms are not listed, but the consortium includes 10 partners across 8 countries, including 3 industry players.
The use of carbon electrodes instead of vacuum-deposited metals significantly reduces the CO2 footprint, targeting emissions below 0.01 kg CO2eq/kWh.
The project period runs from 2023-10-01 to 2027-03-31.
The consortium is well-balanced for commercialization, consisting of 10 partners from 8 countries. With a 30% industry ratio (3 companies, including 2 SMEs), there is a strong bridge between the 7 research and university entities and the actual market, ensuring that the high-throughput fabrication methods are grounded in industrial reality.
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