Cooperative Agreement DEEE0009517

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded a $105,194 EAGER (EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research) grant to the University of Pittsburgh to develop a novel semiconductor-metal-semiconductor (S-M-S) multilayer film as an interconnect for perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells. The project aims to design an interconnect with high electrical conductivity and optical transparency to enhance the performance of these tandem solar...

This $185,304 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Directorate (CFDA 47.041) supports research by St. Mary's College of Maryland to develop low-cost, printable metal contacts to enable the fabrication of fully printed, all-inorganic cadmium telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) devices. The project aims to identify printable anode and cathode metals to achieve high-efficiency printed solar cells at a fraction of the cost of conventional PV. Key activities...

This $585,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CFDA 81.087 - Renewable Energy Research and Development) to Electroninks Incorporated will develop new screen-printed reactive metal complex pastes for photovoltaic applications. The project aims to lower the cost of metallization and improve solar cell efficiencies through innovations in printing denser and thinner metal films, decreasing firing temperatures, and...

This 18-month Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CFDA 81.087 - Renewable Energy Research and Development) provides $250,000 to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation to advance low-cost, scalable, in-line electrochemical defect quantification platforms. The goal is to elucidate the impacts of light- and thermal-induced halide migration at buried interfaces that contribute to decreased stability of high-performing,...

This $5,197,154 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CFDA 81.087 Renewable Energy Research and Development) aims to demonstrate a high-performing 4-terminal perovskite/CIGS tandem solar module with at least 27% efficiency. The project will be carried out by First Solar, Inc. at three internal R&D sites and in collaboration with two leading academic partners in perovskite development and characterization. Key...

This $5,197,852 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) is directed at identifying, testing, and implementing within 2 years ultraviolet light (UV) and temperature tolerant materials and cell stack designs for 27% mechanically-stacked perovskite+silicon hybrid tandem photovoltaic (PV) modules with aperture areas of at least 300 cm2. The funded project...

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 University of Central Florida (UCF) was awarded a $1,868,887 Cooperative Agreement 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). The primary objective of this 2-year project is to develop a printable copper metallization process that outperforms conventional silver pastes for silicon heterojunction photovoltaic (PV) cells. The team aims to achieve PV cell efficiencies...

This $3,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) supports research to develop a novel lamination approach for halide perovskite semiconductors that enables new device architectures and material combinations for applications like solar cells, LEDs, and other optoelectronic devices. The research aims to understand, model, and control the process-structure-property relationships during halide perovskite semiconductor manufacturing...

This $8,150,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CFDA 81.087 Renewable Energy Research and Development) to Swift Solar Inc. supports the development of 27%-efficient, over 500 cm2 aperture area tandem minimodules made using high-throughput-compatible perovskite vapor deposition. The key goals include achieving less than 10% relative power conversion efficiency (PCE) loss on accelerated reliability tests, developing...