Perovskite solar panels developers

Aerosolar is a spin-out from Queen Mary University of London, founded in July 2022, that aims to commercialize a new aerosol-based treatment for making perovskite solar cells more affordable and efficient.

The aerosol-assisted solvent treatment has been developed by professor of Energy Materials and Devices at QMUL Joe Briscoe and his team. It involves passing dimethylformamide solution (alone or with added methylammonium chloride) over a surface in a controlled manner before passing through a reactor containing the heated perovskite sample. This takes no more than five minutes and can also facilitate processing at a lower temperature (100 degrees C) compared to direct thermal annealing.

This approach can significantly enhance the grain growth of perovskite cells, reducing local defects and improving overall uniformity. The treated perovskite cells also exhibit remarkable performance improvements, with increased efficiency and stability across various compositions, device structures, and areas. It also makes these cells more affordable and easier to mass-manufacture.

Looking ahead, Briscoe's team is conducting further tests to assess the long-term effectiveness of this process and its scalability for commercial applications. The plan is to optimize the aerosol-assisted solvent treatment in a large-area reactor, paving the way for the development of cost-effective, lightweight, and flexible solar cells at a commercial scale.

Ascent Solar (NASDAQ: ASTI) manufactures flexible thin-film solar solutions that bring electric power to use cases where mass, shape & survivability matter.

Ascent solar films are developed using proprietary CIGS manufacturing processes. Its thin film PV panels are manufactured using CIGS (Copper-Indium-Gallium-Selenide) with patented monolithic integration. The patent-protected processes enable the company to precisely apply layers of these elements on a thin (25micron) polyamide substrate to create resilient and featherweight panels that convert sunlight into electric power.

Ascent Solar is also involved with perovskite solar developement. 

Beijing Yaoneng Technology Co., Ltd. was registered in Beijing (Haidian) Overseas Students Pioneer Park in 2017, and has obtained the Zhongguancun high-tech enterprise qualification. Its main business is in the field of new energy materials, and the research and development products are devices, processes and materials for perovskite/crystalline silicon tandem solar cells and modules. 

It is the earliest domestic enterprise dedicated to the industrialization of perovskite crystalline silicon tandem solar cells.

Beyond Silicon focuses on bifacial perovskite/silicon tandem cells. The Company aims to achieve  30% more power compared to existing silicon cells and have the cells serve as a drop-in replacement for silicon PV module manufacturing.

Beyond Silicon was founded by Arizona State University  alums Zachary Holman and Zhengshan Yu.

Cosmos Innovation relies on its AI platform called Mobius for "revolutionizing the approach to solar and semiconductor process development". The company is trying to speed up the recipe development of perovskite silicon tandem technology by 10x to yield the most efficient solar cells, in a fraction of the time and at a fraction of the cost of conventional methods.

Founded by Vijay Chandrasekhar and Joel Li, Cosmos Innovation is led, advised and supported by experts at the intersection of AI, solar, semiconductors and deep tech. The company has raised funding from investors that include Xora Innovation, an early-stage, deep-tech investment platform of Temasek, a global investment company headquartered in Singapore; Innovation Endeavors; Two Sigma Ventures; DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis; noted MIT professor Tomaso Poggio, a founder of computational neuroscience; Richard Socher, leading natural language processing (NLP) researcher; and Western Technology Investments, one of the leading venture debt funds in Silicon Valley. 

DaZheng (Jiangsu) Micro-Nano Technologies is a China-based company that focuses on manufacturing flexible perovskite solar cell modules and related intelligent equipment.

The Company promises to deliver high performance, high stability, low cost flexible solar cell products and services. 

The Company seems to be offering perovskite solar cell modules, equipment and raw perovskite materials.

In July 2022, DaZheng announced the commercialization of large, flexible PSCs.

Enel Green Power was founded in December 2008 inside the Enel Group to develop and manage power generated from renewable resources worldwide.

The Company manages more than 1,200 power plants on five continents and has assets in operation or under construction in many countries and manages development activities in a further 5 countries. It has over 56 GW of installed renewable capacity from a mix of renewable resources, including wind, solar, hydroelectric and geothermal. It's also one of the founding members of RES4MED – Renewable Energy Solutions for the Mediterranean and Beyond – an association created in 2012 to promote renewable energy and the infrastructure needed to deliver electricity throughout the Mediterranean area.

Enel Green Power is also involved with perovskite solar cell development, with plans to offer more efficient solar modules based on tandem silicon-perovskite cells. The final products are planned to reach efficiencies of around 30%.

Evolisun Energy, co-based in China and Germany, focuses on the evolution of lithium and solar Energy. Evolisun has been working on perovskite solar cells since 2010.

Evolisun is also dedicated to worldwide supply of battery energy storage systems embedded with vertical integrated and purpose-built solutions into the demands of residential, commercial and industrial and microgrid application.
 

Founded in 1999, First Solar is an American solar technology company and global provider of responsibly produced, eco-efficient solar modules advancing the fight against climate change.

 The company is a U.S-headquartered company and does not manufacture in China. First Solar’s advanced thin film photovoltaic (PV) modules represent the next generation of solar technologies, providing a competitive, high-performance, lower-carbon alternative to conventional crystalline silicon (c-Si) PV panels.

In May 2023, First Solar acquired Evolar.

Golden Solar New Energy Technology Holdings Limited (Originally Baofeng Modern International Holdings Company Limited) is an investment holdings company listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (Stock Code: 1121). 

Earlier on, Golden Solar’s subsidiary, Quanzhou Baofeng Shoes Co., Ltd. engaged in the manufacture and sale of slippers, flip-flops, sandals and casual footwear for Original Equipment Manufacturer customers and design and manufacture of slippers under its own brands of Boree and Baofeng in China.

The Company set out to transform its business model. In addition to completing the acquisition of technological know-how in graphene materials technology, Golden Solar has been selectively hiring scientists and researchers. The company had since then successfully commercialized the graphene materials technology and its application in footwears and air purification devices, and thus re-positioned itself from a traditional manufacturing company to a materials science company.

Founded in Eugene, Oregon and established in 2009, Grape Solar is a retail solar brand with over a decade of experience providing grid-tied, grid-interactive and off-grid solar systems to businesses and individuals. 

In September 2023, it was announced that Grape Solar appointed Dr. Leon Dong to Spearhead R&D Effort of Perovskite Solar Technology, as the Company is entering the field of perovskite solar R&D.

U.S-based Halldata Solar is a printing company that prints a wide range of specialized labels and tags for a variety of specialized applications. It aims to use its 30 years of printing knowledge to manufacture flexible perovskite solar films.

The company has many printing technologies in its 22,000sf facility in eastern Washington State that give it the experience to create perovskite solar cells:

•  Roll-to-Roll Printing
•  Flatbed Screenprinting
•  Flexography
•  Plate Making
•  Convection and UV Curing
•  Conductive Inks
•  Slot Die & Rod Coating

​Halldata wishes to turn university research into working solar cells, and is working to establish a thin film perovskite solar cell manufacturing facility near Hanford, USA.