Perovion Technologies, TNO and Toyo Seikan Group Holdings have signed a statement of intent at the Dutch embassy in Japan, setting a joint roadmap to take flexible perovskite solar cells towards industrial production.
Credit: this report is based on a story first published by IO+. Read the original at ioplus.nl.
As reported by IO+, the three organisations have agreed to push further with their joint development of lightweight, flexible perovskite solar cells for industrial use. They marked the step with a signing ceremony at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Japan.
Perovion is working to industrialise flexible perovskite cells built on technology developed at TNO, combined with scalable roll-to-roll manufacturing. The company is a former winner of the Gerard & Anton Award.
What was signed
The parties had already been working together on technology development and on ways to apply and industrialise next-generation solar cells. They have now aligned on the direction and roadmap for future joint work and put that in a Statement of Intent.
Perovion brings its flexible roll-to-roll perovskite technology. Toyo Seikan contributes materials technologies and know-how in manufacturing and module integration, drawing on advanced functional materials developed under its MiraNeo brand. TNO stays on as technology and R&D partner, supporting further development and scale-up.
Stefan van de Beek, chief executive of Perovion, called the combination with Toyo Seikan's encapsulation materials "an important step towards the commercialisation of a new generation of lightweight, flexible solar panels".
Tjark Tjin-A-Tsoi, chief executive of TNO, framed the deal as pairing Dutch technology with Japanese industrial know-how and market knowledge to move the cells closer to large-scale deployment and the international market.
The engineering gap
Perovskite cells can be thin, light and flexible, which opens up sites where glass-based silicon panels are unsuitable or hard to install. Wide deployment still depends on solving several problems: performance and durability, plus the manufacturing processes, materials and module technologies needed for future mass production.
What comes next
Under the statement, the three organisations will jointly develop the technologies needed to bring flexible perovskite cells into practical use, with Toyo Seikan applying its materials expertise to that goal and TNO continuing to support scale-up of the cell technology.
Original source: IO+, "TNO, Perovion and Toyo Seikan Group join forces in perovskite"
