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Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

EPFL is a Switzerland-based technical university and research center. EPFL is focused on three missions: teaching, research and technology transfer.

EPFL works together with an extensive network of partners including other universities and institutes of technology, secondary schools and colleges, industry and economy, political circles and the general public.

EPFL does extensive perovskite R&D work and is responsible for many publications and advancements in the field.

Fluxim

Fluxim, AG, based in Switzerland, is a provider of R&D tools to the photovoltaic
and OLED industries.

Fluxim offers several products, including both software tools and hardware tools. such as an advanced simulation software for solar cells and OLEDs, perovskite tools, characterization software, advanced design tools and more.

Fluxim lists Samsung, BOE, DuPont, LG and Merck among their many customers

Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin (HZB)

The Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB) is a research center that studies complex systems of materials that contribute to dealing with challenges like energy transition.

The HZB research portfolio includes solar cells, solar fuels, thermoelectrics, and materials for new, energy-efficient information technologies (spintronics) or electrochemical energy storage. Research on these energy materials is closely connected with the operation and advanced development of the BESSY II photon source. HZB's research approach always concentrates on thin-film technologies.

The HZB researches perovskites in contexts like solar cells, silicon and perovskites hybrids and more.

Korver Corp.

Korver Corp. was an American company with offices in California and China. Its mission was to develop high-efficiency perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells with sufficiently large area and long lifetime to be commercially manufactured.

These solar cells were planned to be significantly more efficient than typical silicon-based solar cells, with efficiency up to around 30-40% (compared to silicon-based which is 21-22%). Korver has reportedly modified the silicon material for its use as bottom solar cell, which optimized the design of the overall system, and the durability of the tandem cell. The perovskite and silicon are connected or â€œlayeredâ€ using charge carrier transport layers.

The company seems no longer to be in business.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)

Berkeley Lab is a multidisciplinary national laboratory located in Berkeley, California on a hillside directly above the campus of the University of California at Berkeley.

LBNL conducts varied and extensive perovskite-based research in fields like solar cells, optoelectronics and more.

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

NREL is a U.S-based federal laboratory dedicated to research, development, commercialization, and deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.

It performs extensive perovskite-based R&D (as well as on OPVs and other emerging technologies) and is seeking to make perovskite solar cells a viable technology by focusing on its efficiency, stability, and scaling. NREL's research is currently focused on several areas, including ultrahigh-efficiency and low-cost polycrystalline halide perovskite thin-film solar cells; electronic energy level alignment at the carbon nanotube/organic metal halide perovskite interface; and stable perovskite solar cells via chemical vapor deposition.

NREL's expertise is in the following areas related to perovskite PV:

Basic materials characterization
Fundamental photophysics, photochemistry, and exciton/charge-carrier dynamics
Interfacial energy alignment and charge-transfer (carrier-collection) processes
Structural and composition characterization
Material and compositional engineering for improved stability
High-efficiency solar cell fabrication with device performance and stability testing
Scale-up, printing, slot-die coating, and roll-to-roll manufacturing.

Panacol

Panacol is a German adhesive technology supplier that became an internationally active provider in the growth market of industrial adhesives.

It offers am extensive product range that includes UV adhesives, structural adhesives and conductive adhesives. These innovative adhesives are developed by its in-house research department and manufactured at its own production sites in Germany and the USA.

For the perovskite PV and OPV field, Panacol offers its Elecolit® 3648, a conductive adhesive for making flexible electrical contacts on temperature-sensitive organic photovoltaic (OPV) and perovskite solar devices. Elecolit® 3648 addresses one of the critical challenges in the commercialization and long-term reliability of organic solar cells: creating long-lasting, flexible electrical connections that create and maintain reliable electrical circuits.

Perovskite-Info

Perovskite-Info is a comprehensive portal for all things perovskite, part of the Metalgrass network of web sites. It was launched in September 2015 as a perovskite news aggregator with an aim to become a hub for perovskite professionals and enthusiasts.

Perovskite-Info uses its editors' unique point of view, knowledge and familiarity with the industry to offer the absolute best service possible. The portal provides daily news, information, updates and commentary focusing on perovskite as an emerging material and technology.

Pixel Voltaic

Pixel Voltaic is a spinoff of University of Porto created in November 2018 with the goal of producing energy related technologies.

The company´s mission is to promote and enable a quick transition of innovative technologies that have just reached the proof-of-concept into the market. Pixel Voltaic is developing with the University of Porto a low temperature, laser assisted process to hermetically seal glass substrates, a unique process relevant for encapsulating Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) and Perovskite Solar Cells (PSCs), Organic Photovoltaic (OPV) Cells, essential for their industrialization.

Pixel Voltaic also owns a patent “Catalytic methane decomposition and catalyst regeneration, methods and uses thereof” with priority from December 2018 and is currently participating in the 112CO2 project, where Pixel Voltaic heads the WP5 – System integration and demonstration for developing a MD membrane reactor prototype.

Pixel Voltaic is also participating in the DIAMOND project, heading the WP7 – Dissemination & Exploitation. This project plans to achieve ultra-stable, highly efficient, low-cost perovskite photovoltaics with minimized environmental impact.

VTT

VTT is a European research institution, owned by the Finnish state. It advances the utilization and commercialization of research and technology in commerce and society. Through scientific and technological means, VTT turns global challenges into sustainable growth for businesses and society.

In the solar energy front, VTT’s expertise is the ability to look at solar energy as part of the bigger system. VTT is piloting new uses for perovskite solar cells and organic photovoltaics. Printable thin-film solar cells can be used in a wide range of applications.