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Development of Semi-Transparent Bifacial Thin Film Solar Cells for Innovative Applications
Project promoter: Kaunas University of Technology
Project title: Development of Semi-Transparent Bifacial Thin Film Solar Cells for Innovative Applications
Project code: LT08-1-ŠMSM-K01-001 (Project contract No S-BMT-21-1 (LT08-2-LMT-K-01-003))
Project eligible expenditure: EUR 999372,13 (EUR 849466,31 grant from the EEA Financial Mechanism and EUR 149905,82 budget co-financing)
Project signature date: 15 January 2021
Project implementation period: 1 January 2021 - 31 December 2023
Project partners:
Institute for Energy Technology (NO)
University of Latvia (LV)
Tallinn University of Technology (EE)
Project website
Project partners:
Institute for Energy Technology (NO)
University of Latvia (LV)
Tallinn University of Technology (EE)
Project website
Project summary:
Goal of the project is to enhance research based knowledge development in Baltic Nordic states through cooperation by developing materials for semi-transparent bifacial cost-effective solar cells, which operate efficiently in full and faint sunlight, as well as snowy conditions. These solar cells present unlimited potential market applications from light harvesting in shaded parts of houses to windows of electric cars to architecture. The market potential of these solar cells for residential and commercial solar PV (photovoltaic) in Nordic and Baltic countries is tremendous. This project builds on the pre existing complementary scientific expertise in the related fields of synthesis of novel organic and inorganic hole conductor materials, their characterization, thin film solar cell fabrication, materials as well as device for solar cell modelling. Efficient, sufficiently transparent, and deposable by simple spray coating HTM (hole transport material) materials will be developed and characterized for these solar cells. The synergy of joint research collaboration gives novel input to development of such solar cells for innovative applications.