Project Grant N629091612001

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation will support the development of flexible, semitransparent organic solar cell modules tailored for greenhouse glazing integration by Polypv LLC. Funded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084), the $256,000 award issued on May 15, 2023 aims to optimize the active layer, electrodes, and encapsulation processes to produce high-performance flexible organic solar cells. The primary objectives are to develop...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $275,000 Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Program grant to Pinwheel Solar LLC in Vestal, NY. The 12-month project aims to develop durable, flexible, and high-efficiency perovskite solar panels that can achieve 20% power conversion efficiency at lower manufacturing costs compared to existing technologies. The project objectives include enhancing the stability of perovskite materials to support a 30-year solar cell lifetime,...

The federal Cooperative Agreement award, with ID DEEE0011420, 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 $5,197,154 award, with a performance period from February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2026, is focused on the demonstration of a high-performing 4-terminal perovskite/CIGS tandem solar module with at least 27% efficiency that can pass durability and outdoor...

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...

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

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 $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 within 2 years ultraviolet light 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...

This $305,000 SBIR Phase I award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) supports the development of a novel power-dense, flexible solar panel technology by Arinna, Inc. The project aims to advance high-efficiency, scalable solar cell technology based on transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) materials such as molybdenum disulfide, tungsten disulfide, and tungsten diselenide. These materials possess optimal properties for...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $4,964,999 Cooperative Agreement to Silfab Solar Cells SC Inc. under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The primary objective of this 18-month project is to develop and demonstrate 26% or higher efficiency back-contact n-type solar cells at a 300-MW pilot scale production facility in Fort Mill, South Carolina. This will enable Silfab to rapidly scale up the...

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...