The Swiss spin-off of the university, GraphenergyTech, develops graphene electrode technology to replace silver and other metals that are traditionally used in the production of solar cells.
GraphenergyTech, a company with activities in Switzerland, develops very conductively on graphene -based electrodes for solar cells. Current research projects use its patented approach in Silicon Heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells and perovskite solar cells.
The graphene material, which the company emphasizes, offers chemical stability and cost -effectiveness, is compatible with typical industrial processes, such as screen prints, doctor’s magazines and concluding coating processes. “We are working on a solution that is similar to inkjet printing (piezoelectric dispensers),” Thomas Baumeler, CEO of GraphenergyTech, said PV -Magazine.
The newest project of the company is in collaboration with the University of Cambridge, Taiwan -based Taiwan Perovskite Solar Corp (TPSC), a developer of both flexible and glass -based perovskiet modules and Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI). The two-year collaboration is aimed at developing commercial Perovskiet-Zonnemodules based on TPSC technology, integrating the graphene electrodes of graphenergy tech and at the same time tackling the cost reduction.
The project, GetPSC, shortly before graphene electrode technology for perovskite solar cells, started in January 2025. The GBP 1.14 million ($ 1.47 million) project received a £ 884.129 subsidy from Innovate UK, the national innovation agency in the country.
The company also participates in a three -year silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cell -oriented project to make the replacement of silver electrodes possible. ‘We are Formulating advanced carbon -based inks that are suitable for scalable printing techniques, “said Baumeler.
The Horizon Europe-Final Project was referred to in May 2024 as Silean and began in May 2024. It is intended to reduce the dependence on critical raw materials and to improve the scalability of SHJ solar cells, where alternatives are developed in the steps of waffles to interconnection using a cost-effective and environmentally-friendly production process.
De mede-oprichters van GraphenergyTech zijn Michael Grätzel, directeur van EPFL Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces en Dye-Gesensitiseerde zonnecelpionier, Andrea Ferrari, oprichter en directeur van de University of Cambridge Graphene Center, en universitaire spin-out specialist Frontier IP, in het Verenigd Koninkrijk, in het Verenigd Koninkrijk, in het United Kingdom,
The increased GBP 1 million in a financing round from 2024 under the leadership of Aramco Ventures, the company student of Aramco.
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