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SmArt Designed Full Printed Flexible RObust Efficient Organic HaLide PerOvskite solar cells Perovskite solar cells (PSC) have shown an impressive learning curve in the last decades in comparison with 1st, 2nd and initial 3rd generation solar cells. Since the very beginning, the main market demands for 3rd generation PV were more flexibility and more colour choices. Both ideal properties lead to new business opportunities in BIPV, electronic consumer goods, textiles, etc. These technologies also have low cost using fully printing process, low temperature processes and out of clean rooms which reduce the production cost. The most important problem in PSC technology is the short lifetime which is currently the main barrier for the marketability of PSC. Up to now all the developed PSC used cheap materials and/or solution did not exhibit high efficiencies. In contrast high efficiency PSCs usually require relatively expensive materials and vacuum deposition process. PSC toxicity is considered to be negligible since the amount of lead in perovskite layer is not so relevant if it is compared against Si technology, nevertheless, the solvent toxicity should be taken in account in order to benefit industrialization of PSC products. APOLO project pretend surpass the aforementioned barriers for market deployment by providing flexible and stable PSCs using scalable and low-cost processes, reducing amount of toxic materials tackle the challenges to provide market niches solutions. APOLO consortium works on advanced materials, from cell to encapsulant to develop flexible PSC, fully printable, with efficiency of 22% with at least 80% of initial performance after relevant accelerated test from standards. APOLO solutions will allow the development of a totally new product by integrating the modules into the architecture design of buildings. New applications of this technology open doors to other markets apart from BIPV, such as automotive, textile, etc. APOLO aims to develop a new generation of flexible perovskite solar cells Reliable Fully printable High efficiency Stable in from ageing tests ABOUT THE PROJECT APOLO OBJECTIVES LEITAT Technological Center Carrer de la Innovació, 2 08225 Terrassa (Spain) [email protected] https://project-apolo.eu/ [email protected] [email protected] THE TEAM APOLO consortium cover almost the whole value chain of perovskite solar cells, with industrial partners from materials providers (ARKEMA), cell designer and manufactures (GreatCellSolar) and final end users (FLEXBRICK) combined with social assessment (RELATIONAL) for market breakthrough and end of life solutions (AC). These companies collaborate with 6 RTOs (LEITAT), Fraunhofer, UNINOVA, CEA, EPFL and UNITOV) toward strengthening European Photovoltaic leadership in line with their business and strategy plan. Low cost HIGHLIGHTS ✓ Advance materials development (new HTM, antisoiling coatings, interface layers, new encapsulants) ✓ Utilization of green processes for flexible devices (printing scalable techniques, green solvent engineering) ✓ Integration into building products and other new markets ✓ Smart encapsulation for a more stable technology ✓ Significant cost reduction for market entry (continuous economical and environmental assessment trough LCA, LCC and LCOE analysis) ✓ Optimization of a complete recycling process dedicated to Perovskite Solar Cells UNINOVA The new generation of photovoltaic cells
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SmArt Designed Full Printed Flexible RObust Efficient Organic HaLide PerOvskite solar cells
Perovskite solar cells (PSC) have shown an impressive learning curve in the last decades in comparison with 1st, 2nd and initial 3rdgeneration solar cells. Since the very beginning, the main market demands for 3rd generation PV were more flexibility and more colourchoices. Both ideal properties lead to new business opportunities in BIPV, electronic consumer goods, textiles, etc. These technologiesalso have low cost using fully printing process, low temperature processes and out of clean rooms which reduce the production cost. Themost important problem in PSC technology is the short lifetime which is currently the main barrier for the marketability of PSC. Up tonow all the developed PSC used cheap materials and/or solution did not exhibit high efficiencies. In contrast high efficiency PSCs usuallyrequire relatively expensive materials and vacuum deposition process. PSC toxicity is considered to be negligible since the amount oflead in perovskite layer is not so relevant if it is compared against Si technology, nevertheless, the solvent toxicity should be taken inaccount in order to benefit industrialization of PSC products. APOLO project pretend surpass the aforementioned barriers for marketdeployment by providing flexible and stable PSCs using scalable and low-cost processes, reducing amount of toxic materials tackle thechallenges to provide market niches solutions. APOLO consortium works on advanced materials, from cell to encapsulant to developflexible PSC, fully printable, with efficiency of 22% with at least 80% of initial performance after relevant accelerated test from standards.APOLO solutions will allow the development of a totally new product by integrating the modules into the architecture design ofbuildings. New applications of this technology open doors to other markets apart from BIPV, such as automotive, textile, etc.
APOLO aims to develop a new generation of flexible perovskitesolar cells
Reliable
Fully printable
High efficiency
Stable in fromageing tests
ABOUT THE PROJECT
APOLO OBJECTIVES
LEITAT Technological Center Carrer de la Innovació, 208225 Terrassa (Spain)[email protected]
https://project-apolo.eu/[email protected]@leitat.org
THE TEAM
APOLO consortium cover almost the whole value chain ofperovskite solar cells, with industrial partners from materialsproviders (ARKEMA), cell designer and manufactures(GreatCellSolar) and final end users (FLEXBRICK) combined withsocial assessment (RELATIONAL) for market breakthrough andend of life solutions (AC). These companies collaborate with 6RTOs (LEITAT), Fraunhofer, UNINOVA, CEA, EPFL and UNITOV)toward strengthening European Photovoltaic leadership in linewith their business and strategy plan.
Low cost
HIGHLIGHTS
✓ Advance materials development (new HTM, antisoilingcoatings, interface layers, new encapsulants)
✓ Utilization of green processes forflexible devices (printing scalabletechniques, green solventengineering)
✓ Integration into building productsand other new markets
✓ Smart encapsulation for a more stable technology
✓ Significant cost reduction for market entry (continuouseconomical and environmental assessment trough LCA, LCCand LCOE analysis)
✓ Optimization of a completerecycling process dedicated toPerovskite Solar Cells
UNINOVA
The new generation of photovoltaic cells
