The SUNLIFE project will help accelerate the transition to clean energy by developing efficient, sustainable, low-cost, long-life and stable photovoltaic (PV) technologies for both indoor and outdoor applications. SUNLIFE provides a unique R&D&I platform involving 6 EU research teams and 1 industrial stakeholder. Developments will focus on Sb2(S,Se)3 and elemental selenium (Se) technologies for thin-film solar cells.
The aim of the consortium is to reduce the manufacturing costs of photovoltaic (PV) technologies while maintaining high energy conversion efficiency, and to demonstrate the versatility and excellent flexibility of these technologies in different applications. This will be achieved through the development of new, stable and reliable thin-film solar cells based on Sb2(S,Se)3 and Se, which rely on low environmental impact materials and can be produced by easily scalable processes.
In this context, the BZN’s task is to prioritise the technological alternatives that arise during project development – firstly according to environmental and secondly according to social aspects. This is done on the basis of data provided by the partners (type, quality, quantity, source of supply, transport, energy consumption for production, and recycling possibilities). This means that, in addition to the technical characteristics of the product in terms of functionality, the consortium attaches great importance to the sustainability of the product.
The project 2024-1.2.1-HE_PARTNERSHIP-2024-00015 is implemented in the framework of the CET Partnership’s 2023 Joint Call for Proposals for Research, co-funded by the European Commission and supported by the Ministry of Culture and Innovation through the National Research Development and Innovation Fund, under the 2024-1.2.1- HE_PARTNERSHIP call for proposals.
Period of implementation: 01.12.2024 – 30.11.2027.
Partners:
- AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS (CSIC)
- LABORATORIO IBERICO INTERNACIONAL DE NANOTECNOLOGIA LIN (INL)
- Tallinn University of Technology (TALTECH)
- UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PARMA (UniPr)
- BAY ZOLTAN NONPROFIT LTD. FOR APPLIED RESEARCH (BZN)
- Centre National de la recherche scintifique (CNRS)
- Nano4Energy
Project website: https://sunlife.csic.es/
The press release is available below:
More information:
Árpád Horánszky, International Project Manager
arpad.horanszky@bayzoltan.hu
+ 36 30 / 868 5368
