CUSTOM-ART

DISRUPTIVE KESTERITES-BASED THIN FILM TECHNOLOGIES CUSTOMISED FOR CHALLENGING ARCHITECTURAL AND ACTIVE URBAN FURNITURE APPLICATIONS

Building- and product-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV and PIPV) are identified as key enabling technologies to make 'near-zero energy buildings' and 'net-zero energy districts' a reality. The mass adoption of BIPV and PIPV solutions can only be achieved by developing cost-efficient and sustainable thin-film technologies with unbeatable aesthetic functionalities, mechanical flexibility and optical tunability. The EU-funded CUSTOM-ART project aims to develop the next generation of BIPV and PIPV modules based on abundant thin-film materials such as kesterites. The project will bring flexible and semi-transparent solar modules to a higher level of maturity (TRL 7), demonstrating very competitive conversion efficiencies (20 % at cell and 16 % at module levels) and increased durability (over 35 years), at a reduced production cost (less than EUR 75/m2).

Project lead:

• IREC

Project partners:

• IMEC vzw
• UPC
• Empa
• TalTech
• UOL
• Crystasol
• HZB
• OBU
• ENEA
• IPC
• UU
• IMRA
• AYESA
• KWS
• Sunplugged
• ECOREC
• Rescoll

More information can be found on the project website.

Funding: This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Framework Programme under grant agreement No 852892.