Hunt Perovskite selected for DOE awards for perovskite R&D

US perovskite solar PV technology developer Hunt Perovskite Technologies (HPT) announced on Wednesday that it has been selected for an award of USD 2.5 million (EUR 2.1m) in funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE) for a research and development (R&D) project in its field.

The DOE is providing the funds under the Solar Energy Technologies Office Fiscal Year 2020 Perovskite Funding Program. The same programme awarded USD 1.5 million to SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory at Stanford University and USD 1.25 million to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) for projects on which HPT will serve as co-principle investigator and collaborative partner.

The USD-2.5-million award will see HPT, as principle investigator, work with the US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (ERDC-CERL) and with UNC. The researchers will develop and demonstrate highly-efficient, highly-durable and lead-safe perovskite solar PV modules using HPT's slot-die coating manufacturing process, the company said.

As a partner on SLAC’s project, HTP will work with both SLAC and DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to study perovskite with advanced characterisation tools to enhance the efficiency and intrinsic stability of perovskite PV materials and devices.

Lastly, under the USD-1.25-million award to UNC, the company with again partner with the university and NREL to study and develop efficient and stable formamidinium-cesium perovskite solar PV materials and devices.

"These awards further validate the quality of our research in making durable and efficient perovskite technology a commercial reality, and we are grateful to the DOE for their faith in our work," HPT chief technology officer Michael D. Irwin said in a statement.

DOE selected 22 projects for USD 40 million worth of awards under the 2020 Perovskite Funding Program.

(USD 1.0 = EUR 0.835)

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