Descrizione del progetto
Fotovoltaico innovativo in perovskite per ridurre al minimo l’impronta di carbonio
Per contenere il riscaldamento globale e affrontare i cambiamenti climatici, è importante accelerare la transizione verso l’energia pulita. Il fotovoltaico dovrà svolgere un ruolo significativo nella decarbonizzazione della fornitura di energia; tuttavia, esso rappresenta solo una minima parte dell’attuale fornitura energetica globale. Inoltre, quasi tutti i moduli fotovoltaici sono importati da paesi extracomunitari e sono associati a un’elevata impronta di carbonio e a rischi di approvvigionamento. Il nuovo fotovoltaico in perovskite si presenta come una soluzione potenzialmente in grado di superare questi problemi. Il progetto DIAMOND, finanziato dall’UE, svilupperà un fotovoltaico in perovskite con un ridotto impatto ambientale ultra-stabile, altamente efficiente e a basso costo. DIAMOND progetterà nuovi approcci di incapsulamento ermetico e progettazione di dispositivi altamente stabili per raggiungere una stabilità senza precedenti nelle celle solari fotovoltaiche.
Obiettivo
The decarbonization of the energy sector to mitigate climate change is a key challenge for the European Union (EU). This mandates a rapid and widespread implementation of a clean and affordable energy infrastructure in which photovoltaics (PV) will be a main pillar. Currently, PV represents only a small fraction of the global energy supply and PV modules are almost exclusively imported from outside the EU, associated with supply risks and a high CO2-footprint. Emerging perovskite PV has a tremendous potential to overcome these issues and revolutionise the EU energy sector. To unfold this potential, the DIAMOND project joins 6 European leading universities (UGroningen, UUppsala, EPFL, URome-TV, UPorto, UMarburg), 2 research institutes (Fraunhofer ISE, CEA) and 4 industry partners (Dyenamo, BeDimensional, Solaronix, PixelVoltaic) from 7 different countries to develop ultra-stable, highly-efficient and low-cost perovskite PV with minimised environmental impact. To achieve stabilities far beyond all previous achievements of PV solar cells, the project targets to develop novel hermetic encapsulation approaches and highly stable device designs that are evaluated by standardized and novel stability assessment methods. DIAMOND also aims to optimise materials and cell stacks to reach efficiencies exceeding the record values of silicon PV. Fully printable module architectures are targeted for rapid industrial up-scaling, allowing for lowest manufacturing costs and local production in the EU. To minimise the ecological impact, specific device designs that enable lowest CO2-footprint, material criticality and toxicity together with enhanced recyclability are targeted. Combining these ambitions, DIAMOND strives to provide a strong impact on the EU’s future environmental, economic and societal development, paving the way for an EU-made sustainable energy technology with lowest CO2-footprint that ensures a full integration into the circular economy.
Campo scientifico
- natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrymetalloids
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energysolar energyphotovoltaic
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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinatore
80686 Munchen
Germania