Transparent solar cells for windows have been known for several years, but are still not sufficiently efficient in converting sunlight into electricity. Now the new consortium behind the EU project CITYSOLAR will change that to make energy-generating photovoltaic windows mainstream by combining a high band gap (UV optimized) perovskite solar cell with a low band gap organic bulk heterojunction cell (IR optimized) in a tandem set-up.
The role of the EFSL laboratory in this project is centred on Work Package 2 entitled “Characterisation and Modelling“ and, in particular, on Task 2.2 which will involve the study of the Ultrafast Dynamics of both the UV and IR optimized components of the cell mentioned above in close collaboration with the other partners of the consortium.
The project is destined to run for 36 months and started in December 2020.
Full information of the project can be found at : http://www.citysolar-h2020.eu