The BOOSTER project targets the deployment of organic photovoltaic (OPV) technology to the building applied photovoltaic (BAPV) market. Manufacturing OPV modules via printing techniques features a low energy-payback-time (EPBT) and uses resources that are abundant, easily accessible and non-toxic. Additionally, OPV demonstrates properties (flexibility, lightweight) that make it easily suitable for BAPV. Recently, the technology benefited from a rapid progress of performances with development of advanced materials. BOOSTER aims at bringing the OPV technology to a TRL 7 by increasing efficiency, lifetime together with optimizing costs and lowering carbon footprint. BOOSTER will make a significant contribution to the technological development of thin film OPV modules through:
•Cost reduction of the innovative thin film devices, lowering the costs of the innovative thin film device though the use of cheaper and more efficient raw materials and their optimized industrial production (reduce the current costs of OPV modules from 270 €/m2 to 90 €/m2)
•Environmental impact and preliminary life-cycle assessment (LCA). In BOOSTER, the LCA evaluates not only the EPBT but also the environmental impacts
•Significantly increased efficiency, stability, device lifetime (> 35 years) and performance. With the implementation of high-performance materials the target is to increase more than 3 times the efficiency at module level (from 5% to 15%) of commercially printed OPV modules
•Novel PV applications and new routes for strengthening the EU PV manufacturing industry. To reach additional sectors, the project will organize a competition on novel applications for the next generation thin-film OPV
