Quasi-1D materials for advanced thin-film photovoltaics - LightCell
Project summary
LIGHTCELL aims at developing innovative architectures for thin-film photovoltaics (TF-PV) utilizing inorganic, environmentally stable (Sb2X3, X=S, Se) materials and sustainable fabrication processes with reduced energy consumption. Sb2X3 can be synthesized in a quasi-one-dimensional (quasi-1D) form, addressing the main factors limiting the efficiency of TF-PV, i.e., recombination of the photogenerated carriers at the grain boundaries. A multidisciplinary consortium of academic and industrial partners aims at developing a scalable technology of sustainable, cost-efficient, and lightweight PV. For faster feedback loop to synthesis, a new tool for the rapid and non-destructive mapping of 2D and 3D crystallographic orientation of quasi-1D materials will be developed. The PV technology developed in LIGHTCELL will be validated in demonstrators by the industrial partners, targeting lightweight building-integrated PV applications, contributing to sustainable green energy production.Project Details
Call
Call 2022
Call Topic
Materials for energy
Project start
01.08.2023
Project end
31.07.2026
Total project costs
2.124.390 €
Total project funding
1.914.602 €
TRL
3 - 5
Coordinator
Dr. Stela Canulescu
stec@fotonik.dtu.dk
DTU, Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
Partners and Funders Details
Consortium Partner | Country | Funder | |
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LightNovo https://lightnovo.com |
SME | Denmark | DK-IFD |
DTU https://www.dtu.dk |
University | Denmark | DK-IFD |
NIMP https://infim.ro |
Research org. | Romania | RO-UEFISCDI |
DGIST https://www.dgist.ac.kr |
Research org. | Korea, Republic Of | KR-KIAT |
ULTECH https://www.ultech.co.kr |
SME | Korea, Republic Of | KR-KIAT |
TALT https://www.taltech.ee/en |
University | Estonia | EE-ETAG |