A joint venture between Canadian perovskite solar startup Solaires Enterprises and China’s Genesis Technology has completed a successful pilot production of indoor perovskite PV modules in Jiaxing, China.
Canadian perovskite PV technology start-up Solaires Enterprises has announced that SEI Energy Technology, its joint venture with Shanghai-based energy technology manufacturer Genesis Technology, has completed pilot production of its indoor perovskite PV panels.
This was said by a spokesperson for Solaires Enterprises pv magazine that the group uses a sheet-to-sheet wet chemical process in the production line, which is located in the dedicated “fully equipped, state-of-the-art factory” in Jiaxing, China.
The launch of SEI Energy Technology was made possible through a licensing agreement and a $4 million investment used for the “purchase of specialized production line equipment, personnel training and the execution of daily operations,” the spokesperson explained.
SEI Energy Technology’s factory has a production capacity of 1 million units of the company’s indoor PV modules per year. There are plans to expand to 10 million modules per year in subsequent phases, the spokesperson said.
“After six months of hard work from both Solaires scientists and SEI engineers, I am proud to say that today we have taken a giant step forward in the commercialization of Solaires’ world-leading perovskite technologies,” said Brian Yang, Chairman from SEI Energy in a statement.
Initially, the emphasis will be on small, light and flexible modules. With a reported energy conversion efficiency of 35% indoors, the devices are suitable for a range of battery-free electronics and sensing applications.
According to the spokesperson, the company will initially focus on smart home systems, wireless devices, e-ink displays, remote controls and sensors, and is also working on future applications based on its trademarked PVFilm technology, which “enables will create a wider range of energy solutions.”
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