German solar developer Solarion’s flexible encapsulation system for thin-film solar cells on plastic has passed a damp-heat test of achieving 1,000 hours at 85 per cent humidity and 85°C, for performance and durability of thin-film solar modules.
‘A flexible packaging of large area photovoltaic devices with efficiencies of about 10 per cent represents a real bright spot for new photovoltaic applications. We are seeing a strong demand for highly efficient, flexible and lightweight solar modules,’ said Karsten Otte, CEO at Solarion.
‘The availability of such photovoltaic products enables completely new product solutions for example in the field of solar roofing materials for buildings or for implementing these products into automotive lightweight constructions which will become more and more important with completely electric powered vehicles,’ Otte added.
Volkswagen has presented the concept car E-Up, with a curved solar module roof incorporating solar technology developed by Solarion.
Solarion, which was founded in 2000, develops and produces thin-film solar modules using copper-indium-gallium-diselenide (CIGS), establishing the first European pilot-line for CIGS thin-film cells on a flexible polymer in 2002. Mass-manufacturing of CIGS modules is planned for the year 2010.
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