Photovoltaics
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- REMAP
Reusable mask patterning
Theme Microfabrication, Photovoltaics, ElectrochemistryREMAP aims to revolutionise microfabrication through the concept of reusable masking.Leading scientist Diego Colombara (Project Coordinator)Duration 2022 - 2026Total funding 3.93 M€ - SHERPA
Self-healing screen-printed perovskite photovoltaics beyond Shockley–Queisser Limit
Theme Photovoltaics, MicrofabricationSHERPA aims at overcoming the instability of metal-halide perovskites by adopting a microconcentrator PV architecture. While doing so, it reduces the Pb content to near zero and pushes theoretical efficiency above Shockley–Queisser limit.Leading scientist Shiva Navazani (Head of unit)Duration 2022 - 2026Total funding 189 k€ - TRANSMIT
Semi-transparent micro-striped thin-film photovoltaics for energy-harvesting windows
Theme MicrofabricationTRANSMIT aims to develop a semi-transparent photovoltaic technology with a high average visual transparency, and power conversion efficiency, based on spatial segmentation of thin-film Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS) and Perovskite solar cells.Leading scientist Diego Colombara (Head of unit)Duration 2023 - 2026Total funding 300 k€ - e-APP
Empowering advanced photovoltaic pioneers
Theme Photovoltaics, Microfabricatione-APP is 1 of 18 projects funded nationwide to enhance bilateral IT-USA cooperation in strategic R&D. It converges the University of Genova and Drexel University on developing a high-throughput micropatterning technique based on fixed designs.Leading scientist Diego Colombara (Project Coordinator)Duration 2023 - 2025Total funding 195 k€