Cooperative Agreement DEEE0008128

This $275,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of durable, flexible, and high-efficiency perovskite solar panels by Pinwheel Solar LLC. The key objectives are to enhance the stability of perovskite materials to achieve a 30-year solar cell lifetime, construct perovskite-based cells on flexible substrates, and demonstrate roll-to-roll manufacturability. The project...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $250,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) aims to advance in-line electrochemical defect quantification techniques for characterizing the impacts of light- and thermal-induced halide migration on the stability of high-performing, printable perovskite photovoltaics. The 18-month project will develop a wavelength-dependent and...

This $5,400,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) aims to address challenges in the durability, scalability, and efficiency of perovskite-silicon tandem solar modules. The award, granted to Cubicpv Inc., a for-profit organization based in Bedford, Massachusetts, will focus on improving perovskite ink purity, buried interfaces,...

This $5,197,852 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) is directed at identifying, testing, and implementing ultraviolet light (UV) and temperature tolerant materials and cell stack designs for 27% mechanically-stacked perovskite+silicon hybrid tandem photovoltaic (PV) modules. The funding supports Tandem PV, Inc., a for-profit solar...

This Cooperative Agreement award for $250,000.00, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), aims to advance the uniformity and stability of perovskite solar modules. The primary goals are to develop self-leveling ink formulations and a high-speed flexographic printing process to eliminate scribing defects that accelerate module degradation and performance...

The federal Cooperative Agreement award, with ID DEEE0011157, was granted by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The objective of this $312,500 award is to develop and demonstrate a new, low-temperature metallization strategy compatible with tandem perovskite photovoltaic cells that is suitable for large-scale manufacturing. The project aims to develop reactive silver...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 81.087 Renewable Energy Research and Development) to Arizona State University to conduct research on improving the stability of perovskite solar modules. The project aims to understand how thermal cycling and chemical reactions at laser-scribed areas impact the long-term performance and durability of perovskite solar cells. Arizona State University has also provided a...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) on April 1, 2025. The award is funded under EERE's Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) and aims to develop "bilithic integration" as a scalable integration strategy to produce highly efficient perovskite solar modules without the degradation issues found in traditional...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $8,150,000 Cooperative Agreement to Swift Solar Inc., a for-profit solar technology company based in San Carlos, California. The funding is provided under CFDA 81.087, the Renewable Energy Research and Development program, which supports the advancement of renewable energy technologies. The key objectives of this award are to: 1) Achieve at least 27% efficient perovskite-based tandem solar minimodules...

This $1,701,250 federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) is focused on developing a new metrology system and AI software platform to detect defects in CdTe solar panels. The key objectives are to: 1) develop an imaging system to identify defects like solar cell defects and glass cracks in fielded CdTe solar panels, 2) create an AI...