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Solarion AG recently announced the successful achievement of a crucial
milestone within its internal qualification of a transparent and
flexible encapsulation solution for its
copper-indium-gallium-diselenide (CIGS) thin-film solar cells on
plastic.
With this flexible encapsulation system Solarion passed
the damp-heat test (1,000 hours at 85 percent relative humidity and 85
°C temperature) according to the IEC 61646 standard for performance and
durability of thin-film solar modules.
“A flexible packaging of
large area photovoltaic devices with efficiencies of about 10 percent
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.“ adds Otte.
In
September, Volkswagen AG presented the concept car E-Up!. The roof of
the car was designed as a curved solar module incorporating solar
technology developed by Solarion AG.
