From pv magazine Germany
Germany’s Centre for Photo voltaic Vitality and Hydrogen Analysis Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) and Augsburg-based TubeSolar AG have achieved an influence conversion effectivity of 14% for a perovskite-based photovoltaic movie that TubeSolar developed.
TubeSolar makes use of the versatile photovoltaic movie for its light-weight thin-film photo voltaic modules encapsulated in a glass tube. It stated the movie was fabricated with a roll-to-roll expertise and slot-die coating, which is a coating course of used for depositing skinny and uniform movies with restricted materials waste and low operational price.
“The velocity of the coating course of was over one meter per minute,” the producer stated. “The companions’ goal is to switch the excessive efficiencies at the moment achieved in analysis on small areas to bigger photo voltaic movies and thus to commercialize slot die deposition as an industrially appropriate coating technique for versatile perovskite photo voltaic cells. By additional optimising the photo voltaic cell layer stack and the absorber in addition to the conductivity of the electrodes, the expertise could be considerably improved even additional.”
It stated its merchandise could be permeated by mild and water for optimum plant progress and require easy, cheap mounting and meeting. The tubes supply partial shading to crops, in addition to safety from heavy rain, hail and chicken droppings. Tube Photo voltaic says their rounded floor additionally gives a self-cleaning facet.
Tube Photo voltaic goals to broaden its annual manufacturing capability at Augsburg to 250 MW. The manufacturing unit belonged to German multinational lighting firm Osram, which beforehand owned some shares of the patent for TubeSolar’s panels.
TubeSolar elevated its share capital from €12 million ($12.2 million) to €13.2 million by issuing extra shares in June.
“The anticipated proceeds from the capital enhance are for use to finance the additional progress of TubeSolar AG and specifically for investments within the growth of the extremely automated manufacturing of TubeSolar photovoltaic modules,” it stated on the time.
