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South Korea-based thin-film PV specialist Leecell is developing an organic solar cell technology for a range of integrated indoor and outdoor PV applications, with the first products planned for mid-2026.
Founded by faculty members from Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Leecell has proprietary technologies for both organic photovoltaic solar cells (OPV) and perovskite solar cells. “However, our primary focus for commercialization is currently on OPV,” the spokesperson said pv magazine.
The first products are planned for the first half of 2026, after completion of an optimization for the mass production phase. It uses a fully solution-based roll-to-roll (R2R) process optimized for printing nano-thin films, the spokesperson said.
Targeted applications include agricultural voltaics, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) and mobility applications.
Leecell was founded in November 2022 by GIST faculty members Kwanghee Lee, CEO, and Hongkyu Kang, Chief Technology Officer, who have published extensive research on thin-film PV topics, among others.
The spokesperson noted that it refers to fundamental principles, but specific technologies associated with new commercial products and mass production processes are not disclosed.
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