Programm Photovoltaik Ausgabe 2008 ... - Bundesamt für Energie BFE
Programm Photovoltaik Ausgabe 2008 ... - Bundesamt für Energie BFE
Programm Photovoltaik Ausgabe 2008 ... - Bundesamt für Energie BFE
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ORGAPVNET<br />
Département fédéral de l’environnement,<br />
des transports, de l’énergie et de la communication DETEC<br />
Office fédéral de l’énergie OFEN<br />
Coordination Action towards stable and low-cost<br />
organic solar cell technologies and their application<br />
Annual Report 2007<br />
Author and Co-Authors Dr. Toby Meyer<br />
Institution / Company Solaronix SA<br />
Address Ouriette 129 CH-1170 Aubonne<br />
Telephone, E-mail, Homepage +41 (0)21 821 2280, toby@solaronix.com, www.solaronix.com<br />
Project- / Contract Number SES6-038889<br />
Duration of the Project (from – to) 01.11.2006 – 30.04.2009<br />
Date 05.02.<strong>2008</strong><br />
ABSTRACT<br />
One can observe a strongly increasing R&D-effort in the domain of solar cells based on organic<br />
layers. This progress is essentially based on the introduction of nanostructured material systems to<br />
enhance the photovoltaic performance of these devices. The growing interest is fuelled by the<br />
potentially very low cost of organic solar cells thanks to the low cost of the involved substrates, the<br />
low cost of the active materials of the solar cell, the low energy input for the actual solar cell/module<br />
process and last, but not least, the asset of flexibility. In addition, the ease of up-scalability of the<br />
required application technologies lowers the threshold for new players to enter this field. These efforts<br />
have resulted in the creation of technologies which are approaching the stage of first industrialization<br />
initiatives. These industrial activities target in first instance the market of consumer applications where<br />
energy autonomy can be ensured by integrating these flexible solar cells on a large variety of<br />
surfaces. In order to have a real impact on the PV-market, additional progress is needed on the<br />
level of efficiency, stability and application technologies to allow also the application of these solar<br />
cell technologies for power generation on a larger scale. The OrgaPvNet coordination action<br />
consortium wants to foster necessary progress on these issues by integrating a number of leading<br />
institutions in this field in association with the main industrial players entering this field. We believe<br />
that a Coordination Action is an appropriate vehicle by which the isolated competences that exist<br />
around Europe in this field can be integrated, structured and organised. In this way a powerful<br />
Organic Photovoltaic Platform will be created that can sustain the leading R&D-position of Europe<br />
within this domain and in the end strengthen European competitiveness in a sector which is of high<br />
strategic relevance in ensuring a sustainable energy supply. Key actions to reach the abovementioned<br />
objectives are: i) to promote interaction between scientists, ii) to take advantage of the<br />
previous experience of research groups, iii) to join forces to maximize the synergy between individual<br />
skills, thus obtaining the best achievable global results, and iv) to provide an appropriate communication<br />
channel between academic groups, SMEs and industrials. OrgaPvNet will contribute to this by: a)<br />
the exchange of information during the workshops organized by the network, (b) scientific exchange<br />
between partners by research visits of scientist and student grants, (c) Set-up of a web-based database<br />
containing news, resources, project results, reports, links, seminars, training, courses, job opportunities,<br />
grants, (d) Elaboration of a “Who is Who” Guide in organic photovoltaic field, (e) Elaboration<br />
of the European Organic Photovoltaic Roadmap: identification of scientific priority areas and formulation<br />
of research and development strategies.<br />
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