TNO and Solarge have developed a lightweight Perovskiet-Zonnemmodule prototype of 32 cm x 34 cm by combining roll-to-roll processing and low weight materials. The partners based in the Netherlands want to scales the technology for broader commercial applications.
Solarge, a manufacturer of lightweight silicon PV modules based in the Netherlands, and the Dutch organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) has unveiled a 32 cm x 34 cm lightweight prototype prototype perovskiet solar panel.
It has two novelties: the Perovskiet-Absorber is made using a TNO-Roll-to-roll cell production process and the cover is glass-free, made from polymer instead of conventional glass. The upper leaf is based on the same new polymer that Solarge uses in the current line of lightweight silicon PV modules that only weigh 5.5 kg/m2. The back is an organosandwich plate, a thermoplastic composite component of fiber.
Solarge and TNO want to develop Perovskiet -Zonnet technology into a mature product to market it. “We know that the Perovskite Solar Tech is coming in the coming years. TNO, who has submitted a lot of R&D in the past decade, and Solarge has had strong tires for many years, so it was a logical step to start trying to make a prototype module based on our technologies,” Gerard de Leede, Solarge CEO, tells PV -MagazineAdding that they want to collaborate in the future with the support of initiatives such as the Dutch Growth Fund.
Details about device performance were not provided. ‘We have not focused on module efficiency for this prototype, because we were planning to show that we can combine our technologies in one module“Said De Leede.
The Perovskite Solar PV technology in development has been presented for use in flexible, lightweight panels. It can also be used in rigid designs that are compatible with standard mounting systems.
TNO’s recent research into solar cells from Perovskiet, includes the development of roll-to-roll and spatial atomic layout (SALD) processes for the deposition of functional materials, solar cell layers and flexible films. It has recently announced plans to explore flexible Perovskite Solar PV module technologies with the Japanese Sekisui-Sonfilm together with the Brabant Development Agency (BOM), which serves the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant.
Solarge was founded in 2018 and recently collected $ 3 million in financing to increase production capacity at the production facility in the city Weert.
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