This 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 Federal Grant Program (CFDA 81.087) provides $1,516,469 in funding to Solarcycle, Inc. to enhance photovoltaic (PV) recycling capabilities. The project aims to achieve larger and higher-quality yields of glass, silver, and silicon from end-of-life PV modules through the development of innovative recovery processes. Key...
This $5,979,459 Cooperative Agreement award, issued by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.087) program, aims to reduce barriers to solar photovoltaic (PV) circularity across the value chain. The award, with a performance period from January 15, 2025 to January 14, 2026, will fund innovative technology solutions, strategic partnerships, and community benefits to advance solar PV...
The Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $932,465 Cooperative Agreement to Locusview Solutions Incorporated to create a specification, proposed industry standard, and technology for supply chain and asset traceability for photovoltaic (PV) solar components. The objective is to enable and track reclamation, reuse, and recycling of PV modules and materials across the entire supply chain, from raw material to end-of-life management. The...
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 with ≥300 cm2 aperture areas. The goal is to develop these...
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...
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) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The objective of this 18-month project, with an end date of September 30, 2026, is to develop a "bilithic integration" approach as a scalable strategy to fabricate highly efficient perovskite solar modules without the degradation issues...
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...
This 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), provides $5,400,000 in funding to Cubicpv Inc. to address challenges in the durability, scalability, and efficiency of perovskite-silicon tandem solar modules. The project aims to improve perovskite ink purity, buried interfaces, and defective surface engineering, as well as optimize light...
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 federal Cooperative Agreement award, with a total funding amount of $312,500.00, was issued 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 project is to develop and demonstrate a new, low-temperature metallization strategy compatible with tandem perovskite photovoltaic cells, suitable for large-volume manufacturing. The key deliverables include the...