AUSTRALIAN solar company Dyesol will receive funding support of $449,000 from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) towards the commercialisation of its Perovskite Solar Cell (PSC) technology.
The agreement covers a short-term project that will be milestone-based, and is due to be completed in the first quarter of 2016. Dyesol has committed to achieving key performance targets in relation to the efficiency and durability of hts PSC technology.
Dyesol’s Chief Technical Officer, Dr Damion Milliken, said the targets will demonstrate the technology-readiness of PSC for further commercially focused scale-up and development.
Researchers are interested in perovskites as a 3rd generation solar technology due to its low cost, versatility and ability to perform in low-light conditions.
The agreement with ARENA will allow Dyesol to accelerate commercialisation of PSC technology in Australia and lead to the development of processes and module fabrication techniques required for the assembly of larger scale, durable modules.
In 2016, Dyesol will commence its Major Area Demonstration prototype phase of development, which will then be followed by pilot scale production.
“Dyesol’s planned future pilot scale production facility will enable the validation of the selected manufacturing processes, material sets and resultant product conformity for larger module designs in an industrially relevant, semi-automated manufacturing operation,” said Dr Milliken.