The concrete objective of Got Solar (as the research project was dubbed), which involves cell developer Dyesol as well as six European research institutes, is the development of a cell-sealing technology fit for industrial production. After all, perovskite suffers from the same restrictions as Heliatek’s oligomers: it is extremely sensitive and must be protected especially well against outside influences. Dyesol spokeswoman Eva Reuter explains: “It’s all about increasing their stability.” The company wants to start mass-producing perovskite cells in 2018. To this end a new factory with 600 megawatt annual capacity is planned in Turkey.
