SPOT-IT: Perovskite Solar Cells to Drive Next-Gen IoT Devices
The global Internet-of-Things (IoT) market is poised for exponential growth, with projections soaring from €444.10 billion in 2022 to €2288.68 billion by 2029. This represents a staggering compound annual growth rate of 26.4% over the forecast period.
The applications of IoT devices span across a multitude of sectors, including smart grids, cities, homes, self-driven cars, wearable electronics, and more. However, powering these devices with conventional batteries presents challenges such as heaviness, rigidity, limited lifespan, and the use of toxic and scarce materials. In light of this, there is a compelling need to develop environmentally friendly, efficient, and cost-effective indoor photovoltaic devices.
Enter the SPOT-IT project, designed to tackle this challenge head-on. By focusing on the development of stable, efficient, and sustainable perovskite/organic solar cells and modules optimized for indoor IoT applications, SPOT-IT aims to revolutionize the way we power IoT systems. The tandem concept employed ensures the optimization of light harvesting across the entire emission spectra of common ambient lighting, such as white LED.
Through our innovative modeling approach, which combines 'Design of Experiment' (DoE) and 'Life Cycle Assessment' (LCA), we are able to meticulously select the best-performing materials, including organic and perovskite-inspired materials, and printing techniques. This optimization not only enhances device performance but also ensures cost-effectiveness and improved sustainability compared to currently available commercial solutions.
infinityPV will take part in the effort to scale up the process optimized during the project for the realization of PSC. Here, a particular attention will be given to the laser patterning steps to be done on the flexible substrates that will allow to define the single cells of the module reducing the dead area of the devices.
Coordinator
• University of Rome Tor Vergata
Partners:
• The International University College of Turin
• Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2)
• Syddansk Universitet - University of Southern Denmark
• infinityPV
• Tampere University of Applied Sciences
• Endeas
• UPC Print
Key People:
• Francesca De Rossi
• Francesca Brunetti
• Antti Tolvanen
• Claudia Barolo
• Frederik Krebs
• Jari Isohanni
• Jon Carlé
• Kerttu Aitola
• Matteo Bonomo
• Monica Lira-Cantu
• Morten Madsen
• Paola Vivo
• Sonia R. Raga
• Sture Udd
• Thomas M. Brown
• Vida Engmann