Objective Improving the cost-competitiveness and approaching grid-parity are the major challenges for micromorph thin-film photovoltaics. This project tackles major factors relating to micromorph module efficiency and production cost by assessing the influences of glass, TCO and silicon deposition (including in-situ cleaning). The project bridges the gap between research and industrial application by executing new developments and improvements in the field of TCO and PECVD reactors and processes and transferring them to production plants where the full impact on module efficiency and costs can be evaluated. On the other hand it also takes some innovations already used in other applications like different glass types and F2 as cleaning gas and transfers these improvements into the photovoltaic application. While different glass types have a high impact on production cost of solar modules, the utilisation of F2 as cleaning gas also has high impact on cost by increasing cleaning rates and decreasing gas cost and also has a strong environmental impact by replacing cleaning gases with a higher global warming potential. All these approaches will not only be developed in parallel but this project will ensure a strong interlink between these activities, e. g. the impact of narrow gap reactors on the F2 cleaning rate. The joint goal of the different work packages is the demonstration of a 157Wp micromorph module with a cost of ownersip (CoO) reduced to 0.5€/Wp. Succeeding in this project will ensure the competitiveness of the micromorph technology and further approach the final goal of grid parity. Having European companies jointly engaged in this project will ensure key players in this important technology branch in Europe, therefore strengthening the European economy. The consortium is comprised of seven partners from four European countries and includes 3 Universities and 4 industrial companies (1 equipment supplier, 1 gas supplier and 2 producers of solar modules). Fields of science engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and filmsnatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrymetalloidsengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energysolar energyphotovoltaic Keywords . Programme(s) FP7-ENERGY - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Energy Topic(s) ENERGY.2009.2.1.2 - Solar Photovoltaics: Manufacturing and product issues for thin-film photovoltaics Call for proposal FP7-ENERGY-2009-2 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator TEL SOLAR AG Address Hauptstrasse 1a 9477 Truebbach Switzerland See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Tobias Roschek (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITY OF NORTHUMBRIA AT NEWCASTLE United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Sutherland building college street NE1 8ST Newcastle upon tyne See on map Region North East (England) Northumberland and Tyne and Wear Tyneside Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Nicola Pearsall (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data PANEPISTIMIO PATRON Greece EU contribution € 0,00 Address University campus rio patras 265 04 Rio patras See on map Region Κεντρική Ελλάδα Δυτική Ελλάδα Αχαΐα Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Dimitrios Mataras (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE Switzerland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Batiment ce 3316 station 1 1015 Lausanne See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Région lémanique Vaud Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Vanessa Terrazoni (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data BOSCH SOLAR THIN FILM GMBH Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Sonnetor 2 Erfurt See on map Administrative Contact Andre Hedler (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data HELIOSPHERA ERGOSTASIO PARAGOGIS FOTOVOLTAIKON MICHANIMATON EXARTIMATON PARAGOGIS KAI EKMETALFSIS ENERGIAS ANONYMOS ETAIRIA Greece EU contribution € 0,00 Address Kifissias avenue 37a Maroussi See on map Administrative Contact Sotiris Mavropanos (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data LINDE AG Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Klosterhofstrasse 1 80331 Munchen See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Hans-Dieter Maennling (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data
