Research Projects

In the age of digitization, the question arises as to how established printing technologies such as the flatbed screen printing process can be transferred into the digital space. Key challenges such as reducing structure widths or maximizing production throughput could be handled more cost-effectively and faster with the help of a digital twin. The outlined project represents an approach to digitizing the flatbed screen printing process and includes the optimization of production parameters using CFD simulation and artificial intelligence, as well as the integration of a feedback loop for live process control and adjustment. The project consortium covers a broad range of the production chain and thus enables optimal collaboration. | Duration: 04/2023 - 03/2026

The project »CUT-A PLUS« is the follow-up project of the project »CUT-A«. In line with the previous project, the focus is on the further development of double-sided passivated PERC solar cells made of mono- and multicrystalline p-doped silicon. The technology for fabricating this meanwhile industrially predominant solar cell structure is being developed at the PV-TEC (Photovoltaic Technology Evaluation Center) of Fraunhofer ISE with a view to further increasing efficiency and is being transferred to the industry. | Duration: 10/2018 - 9/2020

Business Area: Photovoltaics; Research Topic: Perovskite and Organic Photovoltaics, Silicon Photovoltaics; Field of Work: High-Efficiency Silicon Cell Fabrication and Analysis, Perovskite Silicon Tandem Photovoltaics; Duration: 05/2023 - 04/2026

Perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells have the potential to become the successor to the previously dominant silicon solar cell technology. To be able to transfer the developments at the lower technology maturity level (TRL 1-4) more rapidly into industrial production and thus accelerate the development of the next-generation cell technology together with the German and European photovoltaic industry, an independent technology platform for perovskite-silicon tandem technology is to be established in the Pero-Si SCALE project. This platform shall not only provide successful production technologies for cells and modules of the next generation but also an extensive characterization and analysis environment from the solar cell up to the PV power plant. | Duration: 05/2023 - 12/2026

Project in the Business Area: Photovoltaics; Topic: Silicon Photovoltaics, Perovskite and Organic Photovoltaics​; Fields of Work: High-Efficiency Silicon Cell Fabrication and Analysis, Perovskite Silicon Tandem Photovoltaics​, Silicon Bottom Cells for Tandem Photovoltaics​; Duration: 04/2022 - 03/2025