Dyesol, partners get USD-1m grant for PSC-related research

Dyesol Ltd (ASX:DYE) and partners will receive a GBP-798,645 (USD 1m/EUR 934,000) grant for further work on the “Optimisation of charge carrier mobility in nanoporous metal oxide films”.

The Australian firm developing a Perovskite Solar Cell (PSC) technology, The University of York and Cristal have secured the grant from the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Work under the project will be carried out through September 2019.

In a release on Thursday Dyesol explained that the proposed research is related to the joint discovery by it and Cristal that halide modified titania (TiO 2) surfaces in Perovskite solar devices can increase efficiency. Early experiments show it is possible to boost the conversion efficiency by 2% to 3% gross, making it “potentially important in industrialisation of the technology, which Dyesol is leading globally”.

Further internal investigation under this grant will allow the partners to better understand the chemistry of the improved electron capture and transport.

It is still too early to fully determine the extent of the value of this discovery to Dyesol, it said.

(GBP 1 = USD 1.320/EUR 1.170)

Choose your newsletter by Renewables Now. Join for free!