An EU-funded Laperitivo project was launched earlier this month, focused on manufacturing large-area stable perovskite solar modules. Laperitivo stands for “large-area perovskite solar module manufacturing with high efficiency, long-term stability, and low environmental impact.” The project aims to achieve 22% efficiency for 900 cm² opaque panels and 20% for semi-transparent modules with more than 95% bifaciality.
The team will focus, among other things, on solving scalability challenges, to promote large-scale mass production with minimized losses. The abstract of the project’s EU funding paper also states that: “Indoor and outdoor field tests will be performed to monitor module reliability. Safety, circularity, and sustainability will be assessed to demonstrate products with minimized environmental impact.”
The researchers plan to apply the semi-transparent modules to perovskite/silicon four-terminal tandem modules and agrivoltaic panels. They will also explore a 200 MW pilot line and aim for a 5 GW production capacity in Europe.
The project’s consortium consists of 22 partners, including eight European leading research institutes and universities (imec, UNITOV, EMPA, Fraunhofer ISE, IPVF, CNRS, CSEM, Hellenic Mediterranean University), one African research institute (Green Energy Park, Morocco), five small- and medium-sized enterprises (Becquerel Institute, Becquerel Institute France, Becquerel Institute Spain, Dyenamo, TSE Troller, SmartGreenScans, BeDimensional), and six big companies (Pilkington Technology Management, Singulus Technologies, Voltec Solar, Engie, TotalEnergies, EDF).
The project will be funded until February 2028.
