Project description DEENESFRITPL Innovative stable inorganic tandem solar modules By 2050, renewables will make up at least 60 % of the total energy consumption of many countries worldwide. Renewable energy needs to expand to all sectors, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). In this context, the EU-funded SITA project will explore innovative concepts for tandem solar cells based on silicon heterojunction and high bandgap. These two technologies have a potent competence base in Europe. The project will develop an innovative concept with a two-terminal approach requiring no additional cables or electronics and enabled by recent developments in wide gap copper indium gallium selenide solar cell devices leading to high efficiency. SITA will demonstrate the new modules under realistic outdoor conditions delivering stable inorganic tandem solar modules with superior device efficiency. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective To face the grand challenge of transforming the energy system to include at least 42 % photovoltaic energy in 2050 (as forecasted in a scenario by IRENA), our proposed project, SITA, aims to explore innovative concepts for tandem solar cells based on two technologies with strong competence base in Europe: Silicon Heterojunction (SHJ) and high bandgap Cu(In,Ga)(Se,S)2 (CIGS). A novel tandem concept with a 2-terminal (2T) approach requiring no additional cables or electronics will be developed, enabled by recent and further development in wide gap CIGS devices leading to high efficiency (>18%). SITA will demonstrate the durability of the new modules under realistic outdoor conditions delivering the next generation of stable inorganic tandem solar modules with superior device efficiency (>30%). SITA’s technology will build on and increase the efficiency of SHJ modules by a factor of 1.5 with marginal increase in the use of the costliest raw materials. This in turn leads to a considerable reduction in area related system costs of up to 25 % per installed power and a corresponding reduction in the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE). Tandem-junction efficiencies have recently approached or even surpassed the single-junction Shockley-Queisser limit for prototype devices. SITA will address the remaining limitations in terms of stability, scaling and manufacturing costs, as well as environmental impact. Fields of science natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrymetalloids Keywords tandem chalcopyrite CIGS ACIGS 2-terminal thin-film photovoltaic Programme(s) HORIZON.2.5 - Climate, Energy and Mobility Main Programme HORIZON.2.5.2 - Energy Supply Topic(s) HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-02-04 - Novel tandem, high efficiency Photovoltaic technologies targeting low cost production with earth abundant materials Call for proposal HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-02 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme RIA - Research and Innovation action Coordinator UPPSALA UNIVERSITET Net EU contribution € 807 500,00 Address Von kraemers alle 4 751 05 Uppsala Sweden See on map Region Östra Sverige Östra Mellansverige Uppsala län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Participants (12) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all MARTIN-LUTHER-UNIVERSITAT HALLE-WITTENBERG Germany Net EU contribution € 412 750,00 Address Universitatsplatz 10 6108 Halle See on map Region Baden-Württemberg Stuttgart Stuttgart, Stadtkreis Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 UNIVERSITE DU LUXEMBOURG Luxembourg Net EU contribution € 492 091,00 Address 2 avenue de l'universite 4365 Esch-sur-alzette See on map Region Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,25 HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM BERLIN FUR MATERIALIEN UND ENERGIE GMBH Germany Net EU contribution € 344 937,50 Address Hahn meitner platz 1 14109 Berlin See on map Region Berlin Berlin Berlin Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM Belgium Net EU contribution € 351 242,50 Address Kapeldreef 75 3001 Leuven See on map Region Vlaams Gewest Prov. Vlaams-Brabant Arr. Leuven Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS France Net EU contribution € 659 750,00 Address Rue michel ange 3 75794 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Third-party Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. The entity carries out work under the conditions laid down in the Grant Agreement, supplies goods or provides services for the action, but did not sign the Grant Agreement. A third party abides by the rules applicable to its related participant under the Grant Agreement with regard to eligibility of costs and control of expenditure. NANTES UNIVERSITE France Net EU contribution € 48 885,00 Address 1 quai de tourville 44000 Nantes See on map Region Pays de la Loire Pays de la Loire Loire-Atlantique Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 LABORATORIO IBERICO INTERNACIONAL DE NANOTECNOLOGIA LIN Portugal Net EU contribution € 373 571,00 Address Avenida mestre jose veiga 4715-330 Braga See on map Region Continente Norte Cávado Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,25 ZENTRUM FUR SONNENENERGIE- UND WASSERSTOFF-FORSCHUNG BADEN-WURTTEMBERG Germany Net EU contribution € 575 085,00 Address Meitnerstrasse 1 70563 Stuttgart See on map Region Baden-Württemberg Stuttgart Stuttgart, Stadtkreis Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 SUNPLUGGED - SOLARE ENERGIESYSTEME GMBH Austria Net EU contribution € 251 250,00 Address Mindelheimer strasse 6 6130 Schwaz See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Westösterreich Tirol Tiroler Unterland Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 MEYER BURGER (GERMANY) GMBH Germany Net EU contribution € 266 337,50 Address An der baumschule 6-8 09337 Hohenstein ernstthal See on map Region Sachsen Chemnitz Zwickau Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK N.V. Belgium Net EU contribution € 203 187,50 Address Boeretang 200 2400 Mol See on map Region Vlaams Gewest Prov. Antwerpen Arr. Turnhout Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 ROLTEC SPOLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDZIALNOSCIA Poland Net EU contribution € 200 892,50 Address Ul. swiety marcin 29/8 61-806 Poznan See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Makroregion północno-zachodni Wielkopolskie Miasto Poznań Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Partners (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all EIDGENOSSISCHE MATERIALPRUFUNGS- UND FORSCHUNGSANSTALT Switzerland Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address Ueberlandstrasse 129 8600 Dubendorf See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Zürich Zürich Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding No data
