Disruptive approach
Hi-BITS is pioneering a groundbreaking device architecture designed to enhance bifaciality and photon recycling, aiming to surpass the current 23% efficiency of CIGS solar cells and achieve over 25% efficiency.
Our innovations are tailored to meet market needs, making them ideal for applications such as building-integrated photovoltaics, vehicle-integrated photovoltaics, and agri-photovoltaics.
We will conduct outdoor testing of these modules across three diverse European climates to demonstrate enhanced energy yield and stability. Comprehensive life cycle analyses and cost assessments, with a focus on circularity, will highlight the superior sustainability of our modules.
Our proposal in a nutshell
Groundbreaking results
Hi-BITS aims to revolutionise thin-film manufacturing by achieving higher efficiency, reducing raw material usage, implementing streamlined and controlled processes, enhancing module technologies, and exploring novel applications.
Strong network
Our consortium unites Europe's leading research organisations in thin-film photovoltaic technologies with key industrial players across the thin-film PV value chain.
The project is structured around six technical work packages, each targeting critical components:
WP2 | Building blocks for new CIGS architectures
WP3 | High-performance solar cells with bifaciality and/or advanced light management
WP4 | Reduction in cell-to-module efficiency loss and process monitoring
WP5 | Application prototypes and road map for upscaling
WP6 | Device/module real-life characterisation for reliability and energy yield assessment
WP7 | Sustainability and compliance of new specific applications
Comprehensive action plan
