Cooperative Agreement DEEE0009529
- This $5,197,154 Cooperative Agreement award 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 demonstrate a high-performing 4-terminal FAPbI3-perovskite/CI(G)S tandem solar module with at least 27% efficiency. The project, carried out by First Solar, Inc. and two academic partners, also seeks to achieve 26% power conversion efficiency after 6 months of outdoor testing...
- This Cooperative Agreement award of $250,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development Federal Grant Program (CFDA 81.087) supports an 18-month project to advance low-cost, scalable electrochemical defect quantification platforms. The goal is to elucidate the impacts of light- and thermal-induced halide migration on the stability of high-performing, printable photovoltaics using lead...
- This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $63,452,217 and awarded on January 15, 2025, is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Renewable Energy Research and Development Federal Grant Program (CFDA 81.087). The project goal is to commercialize a domestic supply of 300 mm diameter high-quality single crystal silicon ingot for the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry. The awardee, Ubiquity Solar Si-Pv Division Inc., will construct a...
- This $8,150,000 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) supports the development of high-efficiency, reliable perovskite-based tandem solar minimodules by Swift Solar Inc. Specifically, the award aims to: Achieve 27%-efficient perovskite tandem minimodules over 500 cm2 aperture areas after 6 months of outdoor testing in 3 climate zones, using high-throughput...
- This $425,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to advance the state-of-the-art in halide perovskite solar cell technology. The primary research goals are to: 1) determine the combined effects of environmental stressors like humidity, oxygen, and temperature on perovskite stability; 2) quantify the stability of hole transport material/halide perovskite interfaces using novel conducting polymers; and 3) demonstrate...
- This $274,999 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) supports the development of strain-relief interconnection and encapsulation technologies for perovskite/silicon tandem photovoltaic (PV) modules at Beyond Silicon Inc., a for-profit solar technology company based in Chandler, Arizona. The project aims to increase the competitiveness of U.S. PV manufacturing by advancing perovskite/silicon tandem PV...
- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development Program (CFDA 81.087) to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). The overall objective of this project is to develop "bilithic integration" as a scalable integration strategy to process highly efficient perovskite solar modules without the degradation issues found in traditional "monolithic"...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Project Grant award of $304,996 to Mujielectric LLC, located in Renton, WA, seeks to develop and scale-up novel, wide bandgap perovskite-based solar cells (PSCs). The project aims to advance PSC technology, which has the potential to make solar power more affordable and accessible compared to traditional silicon solar cells. Key objectives include...
- This $1,000,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports an interdisciplinary research project to study the chemical and mechanical interactions in halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) to enable the recovery, reuse, and recycling of the device components. The primary objective is to develop recyclable PSCs with minimal environmental impact and low production costs. The project team, led by the Georgia TECH Research Corp, will...
- This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy under the Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications program (CFDA 81.253) provides $11,552,157 to RG Resource Technologies, Inc. to deploy a new 120,000 units-per-year capacity manufacturing facility to support the production of the recipient's solar photovoltaic + thermal capture (PVT) system. The project aims to establish domestic manufacturing capabilities equivalent to an annual...
CUBICPV INC (CPV) INTENDS TO DEMONSTRATE HIGH-EFFICIENCY, HIGH-DURABILITY AND LEAD-SAFE METAL HALIDE PEROVSKITE MODULES AT LEAST 150 MM ON A SIDE EXCEEDING 4W (CELL LIGHT-TO-POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCY =20%) IN NAME-PLATE CAPACITY FABRICATED BY SLOT-DIE COATING WITH AN EXPECTED LIFETIME EXCEEDING 20 YEARS (T97 = 1000 HRS @ 75OC, 1 SUN AND EA >0.5 EV). PSC PV MODULES WILL DEMONSTRATE MILITARY-SPECIFICATION DURABILITY (MIL-SPEC, TOP 09-2-291), IN ADDITION TO IEC 61215 DURABILITY STANDARDS AND AN ANNUAL DEGRADATION OF =1%/ANNUM IN AN OUTDOOR TEST FACILITY. WE WILL DEMONSTRATE PEROVSKITE PV MODULES THAT EXPERIENCE PB LEAKAGE INTO WATER =15 PPB (PER U.S. FEDERAL 40 CFR 141, 141.80(C)) UPON BREAKAGE AT PH 4 AND 7. IN DOING SO, WE INTEND TO DEMONSTRATE METAL HALIDE PEROVSKITE PV MODULE MANUFACTURABILITY, SCALING, DURABILITY, AND CHEMICAL SAFETY TO PRECONDITION COMMERCIAL FEASIBILITY AND BANKABILITY.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 4/29/25 | ||
| Not listed | $0 | 11/26/24 | ||
| Not listed | $0 | 5/29/24 | ||
| Not listed | $120.0k | 2/12/24 | ||
| Not listed | $0 | 3/30/23 |