Encapsulation techniques and printing technologies for hybrid organic solar cell

Kurzfassung

An Italian university research team is looking for a technology concerning the encapsulation materials/techniques and layer deposition both rigid and flexible for dye sensitized and organic solar cells. The team is looking for partners interested in technical collaboration to develop the requested technologies.

Details

The team curing out research and development on dye sensitized and organic solar cells. They are especially interested in encapsulation materials and techniques for both rigid and flexible cells. The technology requested should be compatible with thin film or solution processed fabrications. They are also looking for efficient, large area, thin film, printing and scribing techniques for deposition and pattering of cell layers.

Technical Specifications / Specific technical requirements:
Solar modules must survive to changing and challenging weather conditions like no other hightech products.The encapsulation material should provide proven long-term protection to the most sensitive portions of photovoltaic modules. The most popular encapsulant is a thermoplastic polymer called Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate (EVA), which is produced in rolls of extruded thick film. Anyway, another material, Poly-Vinyl Butyral (PVB), seems to be the best choice to satisfy the more demanding mechanical and safety requests in the field of Building Integrated PhotoVoltaic (BIPV).