Low-cost printed flexible solar cells as substitute for current (1st and 2nd generation) photovoltaics for building integrated applications in India

气候变化和“能源三难”(可持续、安全、公平)是影响我们所有人的全球性挑战，但最重要的是发展中国家的人口。尤其是印度，目前的能源系统不可持续，造成极端污染，不可靠，对许多普通人来说负担不起。印度政府正在非常努力地应对这些挑战，并制定了雄心勃勃的目标，到2027年，印度57%的能源来自可再生能源。该项目旨在通过开发一种太阳能产品来为这些目标做出贡献，该产品的制造成本、材料和能源消耗都很低。该项目将使用众所周知的印刷工艺来扩大钙钛矿型光伏(PV)研究的最新进展，以生产原型，制造符合行业标准的集成太阳能产品。该项目将与一家领先的英国集成光伏公司和一家印度清洁技术金融公司合作，将创新转移到印度的背景下，在那里可以根据印度政府‘印度制造’的倡议在当地制造和部署。该项目的目标是在印度创建一家或多家新企业，以完成成功将产品推向市场所需的当地供应链，在该地区创造就业机会和经济增长。

Climate change and the 'energy trilemma' (sustainability, security, equity) are global challenges that effect us all, but most of all, the populations of developing countries.India in particular has a currently unsustainable energy system that causes extreme pollution, is unreliable and unaffordable for many average people.the Indian Government is working incredibly hard to address these challenges and has set an ambitious target to generate 57% of India's energy from renewables by 2027.This project aims to contribute to these target by developing a solar energy product that is low-cost to manufacture in terms of set up costs, materials and energy consumption. The project will use well understood printing processes to scale-up recent advances in perovskite photovoltaic (PV) research to produce prototype, building integrated solar energy products tested to industry standards.Working in collaboration with a leading UK company of building integrated photovoltaics and an Indian cleantech finance firm, the project will transfer the innovation to the context of India where it can be locally manufactured and deployed in accordance with the Indian Government initiative of 'Make in India'. It is the goal of the project to create one or more new ventures in India to complete the local supply-chain required to successfully bring the product to market, creating jobs and economic growth in the region.