BEST-4U – Bifacial Efficient Solar cell Technology with 4 terminal architecture for Utility scale

BEST-4U – Bifacial Efficient Solar cell Technology with 4 terminal architecture for Utility scale

Duration: From 1 Apr 2020 to 31 Mar 2023  (3.0 years)

Funding Institution: Programma PON «R&I» 2014-2020 ARS01_00519 Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca(MUR)

Contact persons: G. Calogero and M.Striccoli

Website:  active-matter.eu

ERC sectors: PE – Physical Sciences and Engineering (subfields: PE4_18 Environment chemistry, PE4_15 Photochemistry, PE8_6 Energy processes engineering , PE8_11 Environmental engineering) 

Field of Specialization: Energy

The PON Best4U project sees the synergistic interaction of different CNR groups belonging to the DSCTM as regards the construction of 4-terminal solar cells / modules in which the bottom cell is a bifacial type heterojunction Si cell and the top cell is a wide band gap semiconductor cell. CNR-IPCF Messina coordinates activities and results with the aim of fabricate efficient DSSCs cells, thanks to the fruitful collaboration with the ISTEC-CNR Faenza that has developed inks based on TiO2 nanoparticles synthesized by CNR-IPCF Bari through different synthetic techniques (colloidal, hydrothermal or sol gel) and ICCOM-CNR Sesto Fiorentino that has optimized a glass-frit sealant. A set of optimized DSSCs and relative materials have been identified for the scaling up of the cell to large area of 1 cm2 to optimize the best compromise between transparency and PCE that is the goldilocks condition for integration in tandem technology in combination Si solar cells.

Other people involved: D. SpadaroM. LanzaE. Fanizza, M. Dell’Edera, M. GiancasproC.N. DibenedettoA. Panniello.