3GPV-4INDUSTRY

The 3GPV-4INDUSTRY project aspires to strengthen entrepreneurship in the field of third-generation photovoltaics by developing new innovative technologies that will lead to the creation of new market-ready products, while also addressing the needs of both industry and society for novel ideas in the energy sector. The coordinator of the 3GPV-4INDUSTRY project is the National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, with Dr. Polykarpos Falaras, Director of Research, serving as the Scientific Coordinator.

To implement the project, the adopted methodology will be based on the further development of research outcomes and mature technologies from the consortium partners, who possess high-level expertise in third-generation photovoltaic technologies and photoactive materials. The goal is to reach sufficient technological maturity for exploitation by both the Greek and European production ecosystems.

In addition, 3GPV-4INDUSTRY will allocate resources throughout the project duration to inform the business community about the results and to take the initial steps toward market uptake and commercialization. The project consortium is composed of institutions with strong specialization in the fields of photoactive materials and third-generation photovoltaic cells, and is well-positioned to successfully carry out this ambitious initiative.

The structure of the project has been designed in alignment with the expertise of each research team to ensure the maximum outcome in terms of developing third-generation PV technologies that can be efficiently adopted by relevant industrial stakeholders. To this end, a significant number of young researchers will be engaged across the project teams, with a clear commitment to gender balance. More specifically, the five work packages include a bidirectional collaboration between two sub-groups within the consortium: one focusing on perovskite PVs and the other on purely organic PVs. These two technologies have reached a level of technological maturity such that proposals for their further development are now considered highly realistic.