RESEARCH PROJECTS
With the help of the funding from the excellence cluster competition, numerous future-oriented research projects are being implemented in the Forum Organic Electronics cluster, which will have a decisive impact on the progress of development of new technologies.
Project selection:
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT FOR PRINTABLE THIN FILM PHOTOVOLTAICS (TEDD)
The CIS technology currently used in the manufacture of thin film photovoltaics is based on vacuum deposition processes. The intention is to further develop this technology towards complete printability in the course of the project. In terms of future prospects, a particular aim is tandem cells in which the usable IR portion of the sunlight spectrum is harvested by inorganic nano semiconductors and the visible part of the spectrum by the rapidly developing organic films. The project goals are efficient printed absorber films in laboratory quantities and the realization of liquid-processed inorganic/organic tandem solar cells.
Project partners:
Merck KGaA, Trumpf GmbH & Co. KG, Würth Solar GmbH & Co. KG, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research (ZSW) You can find detailed information on this project here.
