Partners

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Coordination and Managment. High efficiency solar cells, absorbers synthesis, doping, advanced characterization.

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IREC constitutes a research organization committed to carry out, promote, spread, transfer and improve research activities in the energy and environment sectors of knowledge and applications. The group involved in this project is the Solar Energy Materials and Systems (SEMS) group, with a strong know-how and experience in the development, fabrication and characterization of chalcogenide based PV devices, including a deep expertise in the synthesis and characterisation of kesterite semiconductors and kesterite based solar cells and their advanced assessment by Raman scattering based techniques.

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Development of alloying strategies for kesterite, and electrons and holes selective contacts by PVD techniques.

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The Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC) (www.upc.edu) is a public institution of research and higher education in the fields of engineering, architecture, sciences and technology, and one of the leading technical universities in Europe. Every year, more than 6,000 bachelor’s and master’s students and more than 500 doctoral students graduate.

Under the current Horizon 2020 programme (2014-2020), to date the UPC has been granted 202 projects, coordinating 54 (10 of them are funded by the European Research Council). The UPC also has 46 projects (coordinating 7) funded by other European programmes. All of these projects have a total EU financial contribution of EUR 76,8 million.

UPC-BarcelonaTech, coordinator and promoting entity of Energy Campus, is a modern university excelling in higher education and research, with a campus open to life and learning and totally committed with the sustainable development of the environment.

UPC is aware of both its role in the socioeconomic development system and of the importance of being part, in a global world, of international alliances and consortiums in crosscutting areas such as energy. Therefore, UPC presents this project in collaboration with some of the most representative institutions of the Spanish scientific and technological scenario in this discipline: IREC and CIEMAT. UPC’s international vision along with its efforts focused on the energetic sector give as a result the coordination of the CC Iberia of the KIC InnoEnergy, where IREC and CIEMAT are also partners.

The strategic lines of this project are fully in tune with the frame set up by the regional, national and European policies, to be precise with the Lisbon Treaty (EU), the «Ley de Economía Sostenible» & “Estrategia Universidad 2015”  (Spanish Government) and the “Pacte Nacional per a la Recerca i la Innovació” (Government of Catalonia).

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Fabrication of Kesterite materials, integration into solar cells and advanced characterization.

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Imec is active in world class research on nano-electronics and nanotechnology. Imec’s research is focusing on renewable energy, improved health care, smart electronics, and safer transport. The PV activity is developing low cost, scalable and high efficiency solar cell technologies, and the key areas of attention are thin-film solar cells (in the frame of Solliance, www.solliance.eu) and silicon-based solar cells. This research is using the vast know-how of imec on semiconductor physics, processing, and analysis. The Thin-Film PV group has a track record of over 15 years. It started in the field of organic solar cells but has now its main activities based on chalcogenide and perovskite thin film solar cells. In the case of chalcogenide thin film solar cells, the team is focusing on the development of materials for application in high efficiency and low-cost tandem PV devices and advanced solar cell designs. World record solar cell efficiencies have been obtained in the case of high band gap kesterites (i.e. Cu₂ZnGe(S,Se)₄) and also other materials are developed to state-of-the-art level. In addition, the team is strong in novel characterization techniques for thin film PV, e.g. bias dependent admittance spectroscopy or CVf mapping.

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Empa will participate within WP1 including the following tasks. Fabrication and characterization of thin film CZTSSe absorber layers and devices by various methods. Investigation on correlation between absorber composition (Sn and alkali metals interplay) and performance. Testing of back and front contacts as well as high-temperature annealing on suitable rigid and flexible substrates.

Empa will also contribute to WP3, with main task the process development, fabrication and optimization of monolithically interconnected thin film modules by laser patterning.

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As an interdisciplinary research institute of the ETH Domain, Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, conducts cutting-edge materials and technology research. Our research and development activities focus on meeting the requirements of industry and the needs of society, and thus link applications-oriented research to the practical implementation of new ideas in the areas of nanostructured, “smart” materials and surfaces, energy, sustainable building and environmental technologies as well as medical technology and solutions for personalized medicine. Empa employs more than 1000 staff, of which about 30% are female; about 250 are PhD students.

The mission of the Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics is to develop next generation of high-performance thin film solar cells, batteries and opto-electronic devices, novel functionalities and applications for affordable energy-sustainable future with the aim to provide impactful solutions for the benefits to industry and society. The laboratory holds the efficiency record for flexible CIGS solar cells. With kesterite technology, Empa reached efficiencies up to 12.2% (active area) through lithium addition via a non-vacuum precursor synthesis route, close to the 12.6% world record.

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Leader of WP1 ,»High efficiency solar cells» and Task 1.2 «Doping and alloying strategies for CZTS solar cell efficiency enhancement». Participant in WP3 «Modules fabrication», WP5 «Cost analysis, recycling, LCA and societal acceptance analysis»,  WP6 «Exploitation and dissemination» and WP7 «Management and coordination».

The main role of TalTech in the CUSTOM-ART project is to take the performance of the kesterite monograin layer solar cells to the next level towards high efficiencies. This will be targeted by implementation of new strategies in the materials synthesis and post-treatments as well as through the advancements in the design of the monograin layer solar cell device.

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Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) is the only flagship in engineering and IT science and education in Estonia, providing higher education at all levels in engineering and technology, information technology, economics, science, and maritime. TalTech’s mission is to be a promoter of science, technology, and innovation and a leading provider of engineering and economic education in Estonia.

The research activities of the Laboratory of Photovoltaic Materials Research in TalTech (Head of the lab: Dr. Marit Kauk-Kuusik) are dedicated to the synthesis and the design of the properties of semiconductor powders as absorber materials for next-generation solar cells. This is a unique concept that is protected by several patents. Developed materials are complex semiconductor compounds, but they contain mainly earth abundant and low cost chemical elements, providing environmentally friendly solutions with versatile applications.

The Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Physics in TalTech (Head of the lab: Dr. Maarja Grossberg) focuses on the synthesis and studies of fundamental physical properties of semiconductors for optoelectronic applications. Current research is focused on the fundamental and applied studies of different novel absorber materials for solar cells including Cu₂ZnSn(S,Se)₄, CuSb(S,Se)₂, Sb₂Se₃, and 2D materials such as WS₂, MoSe₂ etc. Research infrastructure enables to produce materials by physical deposition methods (PLD, sputtering etc.) and to explore the band structure, crystal and defect structure, phase and elemental composition, morphology, electrical and optical properties of the materials and devices.

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Absorber optimization, reaction pathways, alloying strategies, device optimization.

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The Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg was founded in 1973, making it one of Germany‘s young universities. The University of Oldenburg is preparing 16,000 students for professional life. It offers a broad range of disciplines, from language studies, cultural studies and the humanities to educational sciences, art and musicology, the economic and social sciences, mathematics, computer science, the natural sciences and medicine & health science programs.

The research group Ultrafast Nanoscale Dynamics (UND) is part of the Institute of Physics at the University of Oldenburg, Germany. The UND group is headed by Prof. Sascha Schäfer (Chair), the subsection for Functional Materials and Photovoltaics is headed by Dr. Levent Gütay (Principle Investigator). The research group carries out investigations on a broad range of research topics related to the field of fundamental and applied solid state physics. Among these are the synthesis and characterization of thin films, two-dimensional transition-metal chalcogenide materials and solar cells. A range of fundamental investigations is carried out by a TEM based approach for time resolved imaging in the femtosecond regime of fundamental processes on the nanoscale. Specifically in photovoltaics research, the group has over a decade of experience (formerly within the “Energy and Semiconductor Research Department” under recently retired Chair Prof. Jürgen Parisi and the junior research group “Laboratory of Chalcogenide Photovoltaics headed by Dr. Levent Gütay) on synthesis of chalcogenide semiconductor thin films, their opto-electronic characterization and semiconductor device modelling.

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Crystalsol has patented an entirely new type of cost-efficient, flexible and transparent photovoltaic technology that combines the advantages of high efficiency monocrystalline material and low cost roll-to-roll module production. crystalsol’s semi-finished modules allow a full integration into building elements at a semi-finished product price of 16 €/m² offers a huge competitive advantage, resulting in an enormous potential in the BIPV market. Additionally, this would allow BIPV products to compete with the standard building elements (like facades without PV).

Crystalsol already has a demo-line for the production of the modules, but further improvements are to be carried out to meet the demands of this highly challenging market:

• Scaling up crystalsol’s unique semiconductor powder production to commercial volumes;
• Assuring a high conversion efficiency and raw material utilization rate in the large scale production;
• Assuring compliance with relevant industry standards and certifying the product by an external certification body; complete unique roll-to-roll production process.

These steps help crystalsol to provide the world’s first truly integrable and economically viable BIPV modules and reach the global market that is anticipated to surge to €9,9 billion by 2027.

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Crystalsol’s monograin-technology is a very different approach for future flexible photovoltaic solutions compared to the current products available on the market. Small crystals, also known as CZTS monograins, are synthetized from the abundant raw materials copper, zinc, tin and sulphur. These tiny crystals (monograins), typically with a diameter smaller than 100μm, are assembled in a polymer thin film, leading to the creation of what is then called a monograin membrane. This is a completely new production process for photovoltaic modules and was developed by crystalsol within the last 10 years. A full vacuum free roll-to-roll production is the ultimate goal of this challenging journey carried out by crystalsol’s efforts, the only developer of this specific PV-technology.

The project is carried out by crystalsol, consisting of two related legal entities, OÜ and GmbH. The project is a joint effort of the two entities according to their individual roles in the daily operations of crystalsol, whereas OÜ is responsible for powder development and production, GmbH focuses on module development and sales. The international team consists of material scientists, chemists, physicists, mechanical and electrical engineers, engineers of renewable energies and other relevant specialists that share a high-level expertise with academic and industrial background in both PV materials and printing technologies.

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Our expertise is a thorough and systematic investigation of structure-property correlations of quaternary chalcogenide compound semiconductors, amongst them kesterite-type materials.

We will develop strategies for point defect and structural disorder engineering by correlating Cu-Zn disorder and intrinsic point defects concentrations with device properties. Also we will study the influence of alkali doping on the point defect scenario and level of structural disorder. These studies will rely on detailed structural investigations of kesterite-type monograins (based on neutron diffraction and multiple energy anomalous X-ray diffraction).

We will exploit possibilities for band gap tuning to an optimal value around 1.2 – 1.3 eV using different alloying strategies (cation and anion mutation). The obtained compound semiconductors will be characterized in detail concerning their structural and optoelectronic properties. Also we will develop strategies for band gap engineering by implementing a band gap gradient toward the back contact to reduce recombination.

We have sound expertise in the synthesis of powder material as well as to process thin films. We also can make use of a combinatorial approach for fast exploration of different doping, alloying, annealing, pre- and after treatment combinations.

To partners of the consortium we can offer depth-resolved structural and microstructural investigations of absorber thin films by GIXRD as well as study of optoelectronic properties by e. g. PL imaging.

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Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB) is one of 19 research centres that have consolidated in the Helmholtz Association. The centres of the Helmholtz Association have conducted their research and development since 2001 together in the programmes of the six Helmholtz research areas.

HZB investigates and develops materials for a sustainable energy supply. For this purpose, we operate the synchrotron facility BESSY II as well as several core labs, which offer an enormous variety of analytical methods for investigating materials. The unique research environment at BESSY II is also attractive for external users from all over the world.  HZB is today one of the largest non-university research centres in Berlin.

Considerable focus of the research efforts at HZB has been on gaining an understanding of growth processes for high quality semiconductor thin films as this is considered a prerequisite for the development of scalable and economic thin film deposition. HZB has also worked extensively on thin device fabrication and analysis including upscaling and prototyping to larger areas.

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Oxford Brookes University will lead the Work Package 7 investigating the Life cycle Sustainability Assessment of the proposed CUSTOM-ART solutions including Life Cycle Costing (LCC), recycling and socio-economic analyses. OBU will also contribute to the dissemination activities through publishing peer reviewed scientific articles.

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Oxford Brookes University has one of the largest and most highly rated Schools of Architecture in the UK. The Architectural Engineering Group (who will undertake this project) is a interdisciplinary research unit comprising building physicists, environmental scientists, structural, civil and production engineers, and construction experts. It is an international leader in the area of sustainable construction with a large portfolio of European activities, and close to industry projects.

The Architectural Engineering Group has worked in sustainable construction for over two decades, and has considerable experience in building physics and environmental impact assessment of renewable technologies. The group maintains ‘state-of-the art’ software platforms for analysis and a dedicated Environmental science, building physics and structures laboratory. The laboratory includes a range of permanent test rigs alongside bespoke apparatus configured for individual projects such as vacuum chambers, hot boxes and solar simulators. All test activities are carried out in accordance with appropriates codes and standards. The laboratory has a full inventory of equipment to carry out as-built thermal testing of buildings to establish fabric losses for comparison with design values and to diagnose reasons for any variance. Thermographic studies of buildings can be carried out using thermal imaging cameras. The laboratory has the ability and experience to carry out testing and analysis for certification and accreditation of building products, and for CE marking. Prototyping facilities are available within the University for the production of cladding and other relevant componentry.

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The main role of the ENEA group in CUSTOM-ART will be centred in the development and characterization of novel materials for back and front contacts, on the improvement of the kesterite absorber by stoichiometry optimization, investigation of alkali doping strategies  and  modification of thermal process. ENEA will also perform GDOES measurements on partners samples to characterize the in-depth elements profile in the absorber layers as well as in complete devices.

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ENEA originates from the evolution of CNEN (National Committee for Nuclear Energy), a public research organization funded in 1960 and devoted to applied nuclear research. In 1982 CNEN changed its name into ENEA (National Committee for  Nuclear Energy and Alternative Energy) to point out the increased interest on Renewable energy sources. In 1991, after a referendum that stopped the use of nuclear energy in Italy, ENEA changed its name to “Italian National Agency for the New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development“ maintaining the same acronym.

ENEA is the second major Italian research organization, with around 2700 staff employees distributed in its 9 research centers. The Agency’s activities are focused on Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy Sources, Nuclear Energy, Climate and the Environment, Safety and Health. In the nuclear sector ENEA participates in the development of the ITER fusion reactor.

The research activities performed in the ENEA photovoltaic labs are focused on the design and development of high efficiency solar cells by studying: (i) heterojunction silicon solar cells; (ii) innovative absorbers for PV devices such as kesterire and perovskite thin film materials; (iii) tandem solar cells with a silicon bottom cell component and a front cell realized with perovskite or kesterite. These activities are carried on in the framework of several European, National and industrial projects and their results are disseminated among national PV involved enterprises to promote their exploitation.

The kesterite group involved in CUSTOM-ART belongs to the TERIN-FSD-IIF lab headed by  Dr. Mario Tucci (mario.tucci@enea.it). The IIF Lab Group has a strong know-how and experience in the development of c-Si based solar cells using different technologies (homojunctions,  heterojunction a-Si/c-Si, heterostructures involving passivated contacts and Transition Metal Oxides). The kesterite units, though small, has developed over 10 years a complete process for CZTS solar cell fabrication and is now committed to the development of tandem CZTS/c-Si solar cells.

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In the project, IPC will provide its expertise in polymer processing, and more specifically for the development of innovative encapsulation solutions for the solar cells. IPC will participate primarily as leader of WP2 related to “Encapsulation, durability, and reliability of modules”, in particular:

• Identifying and testing reversible adhesive development together with Rescoll
• Developing new low-cost flexible packaging films thanks to our innovative multi-nanolayer processing technology
• Investigating mechanical aging and lifetime of the whole packaged module
• Evaluating the recyclability of the new encapsulation solutions

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IPC is the Technical Industrial Centre of the French plastics and composites industry, with more than 2500 SMEs directly connected to IPC. As such, IPC is in charge of providing the plastics and composites industry with innovative and high added value facilities and manufacturing pilot lines, cutting edge expertise and services. IPC covers the full industry value chain with its key fields of expertise including eco-design and simulation of parts and processes, advanced processing (injection, compression, hybrid …) and tooling, thermoplastics materials, composite materials, plastronics / 3D-MID and Circular Economy. Main markets addressed today encompass automotive, aeronautics, health, energy, packaging, connectors, house appliances, horology. Developing new value chains is a key strategic issue for IPC with focus e.g. on micro / nanostructured plastic parts, microsystems on plastics; smart composites; multi-materials additive manufacturing.

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UU will contribute to the optimization of kesterite absorbers and contacts for more efficient solar cells, with focus on materials deposited by sputtering and atomic layer deposition, and using combinatorial methods to provide high-resolution data.

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Uppsala University is a center for research and education with a strong emphasis on natural sciences, and is highly ranked among various international lists (current ranking by Times Higher Education, 102; ARWU (Shanghai), 62). The university hosts ca 40 000 students, 5000 researchers and teachers, nine faculties and 50 departments. Annual turnover is approximately 670 million EUR, of which 470 million EUR for research purposes. Regarding research, about 2300 doctoral students are currently active, 5100 scientific publications are generated each year and about 55% of the research is funded by external sources.

The researchers involved in this proposal are working within the Materials Science and Engineering department, at the division of Solar Cell Technology. The specific competences in this division within high efficiency thin film solar cells, and its long track record within kesterite material development will be leveraged in CUSTOM-ART to help generate new advances in kesterite technology. UU also hosts some powerful research tools and infrastructures that will be employed in the project, including the Tandem Laboratory for ion beam analysis and an extensive cleanroom laboratory.

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IMRA’s main role will be the upscaling of the vacuum-free kesterite thin film fabrication, the portability to the high throughput roll-to-roll process, and the collaboration in the development of the monolithic interconnection processes. It will also collaborate to the vacuum-free deposition processes of other cell components.

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IMRA Europe is a private research and development company aiming to the alliance of advanced technologies and sustainable development. Created in 1986, it counted amongst the first companies to settle in Sophia Antipolis high-tech park located close to Nice (France). Employing about 30 persons, the company has activities in three main fields:  advanced materials, computer science – artificial intelligence, and electromagnetic motors and actuators. The Department of Advanced Materials has a long experience in photovoltaic devices of different types; in particular, it has been researching in kesterite cells from 2012. Other domains of the department concern different materials and devices in relation with automotive and energy applications.

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AYESA is a leading Spanish engineering group with a total turnover of over 250 million euros and more than 4.000 employees, providing integrated services related to multidisciplinary engineering, architecture, consultancy and information technology. The company has a strong innovative philosophy and uses its own know-how to develop pioneer projects which are tailored to customer needs offering high added value to the market.

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Within the CUSTOM-ART project, AYESA ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES is mainly involved in the management and software development tasks. Specifically, AAT leads the implementation of the Exploitation and dissemination involvement process.

Moreover, AAT leads the WP6 module deals with the implementation of the project’s dissemination, communication and exploitation strategies, including the exploitation actions for the design of the market uptake plan and the Implementation of IPR and Knowledge Management Plan.

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KWS is a manufacturer of large-volume street furniture and room presentations.

For this project we will build two different types of street furniture (communication seating and bus canopy). These products will be equipped with solar panels and set up in Barcelona and Innsbruck. Information is constantly being collected to determine the energy efficiency of the new panels in these cities.

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KWS is an innovative plastics processing company, which among other things deals with the production of large-volume street furniture for the public sector. Due to the machine equipment (articulated robot, hot wire cutting machine and polyurea spray system) KWS is able to realize almost any shape and to break new ground.

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Sunplugged will develop and optimise a dielectric high-temperature substrate (i.e. ultrathin glass layers on stainless steel foils) as well as a printed serial interconnection for the application in CZTS solar cells. Due to its expertise in the design of solar-powered products Sunplugged will be also lead the demonstration of the novel CZTS modules in product and building integrated photovoltaic applications.

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Sunplugged is developing and producing its own proprietary CIGS thin-film solar cell and a novel solar cell interconnection scheme that allows the production of customised photovoltaic foils for the seamless integration into a multitude of applications. Due to its adaptability in respect to size, shape and voltage, lightweight and homogenous appearance Sunplugged´s flexible CIGS foil is an ideal photovoltaic material for products with integrated solar energy harvesting. Besides this Sunplugged has extensive experience in the development and production of solar integrated products for buildings and electronic devices independently from the underlying photovoltaic techniques.

Sunplugged GmbH holds an entire pilot production for R2R-produced CIGS thin-film PV modules. The on-site equipment comprises a slot-dye coating machine, several sputtering R2R-lines for front and back contact deposition, a CIGS R2R production line (sputtering hybrid process), chemical bath deposition (for CdS buffer), a short pulse laser (including scanning module and vacuum plate) as well as a material ink jet printer for monolithic interconnection.

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The main role of Eco Recycling in CUSTOM-ART will be focused on the development, optimization and validation of an innovative recycling process for the thin-film panels produced in the project. The validation of this process will be carried out in a plant revamped in the project, owned by Eco Recycling. A business plan for a full-scale plant will also be carried out with the data obtained from the experimental campaign.

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Eco Recycling is a spin off company created in 2008 by the cooperation of researchers of Sapienza University and SMEs involved in environmental technologies. The mission of the company is technology transfer in the field of innovative treatments of technological wastes such as batteries, WEEE, and industrial catalysts. According to the innovativeness of such treatments, demonstration in pilot scale is a central step in scaling up of processes and technology transfer. Then Eco Recycling developed specific expertise in design and construction of innovative pilot plants even in mobile configurations and the demonstration activity for process optimization. During time, several prototypes were designed and constructed by Eco Recycling for the demonstration of innovative processes. The first prototype was designed and constructed for demonstration of a patented process for the treatment of end of life alkaline batteries (EP1684369 A1). In 2009, this successful demonstration activity led to the design (by Eco Recycling) and construction of an industrial scale plant (4000 t/y) at S.E.Val. After this first activity, Eco recycling designed and constructed two other mobile pilot plants within Hydroweee (2011-2012) and Hydroweee DEMO (2013-2014) projects. These prototypes allowed the treatment of different wastes (electrodic powders from Lithium Ion batteries, Liquid crystal displays) according to a common sequence of hydrometallurgical operations. Other dedicated pilots were designed and constructed for the recovery of precious metals from Pd/Ag-coated membranes for hydrogen separation (2014-2015). Currently, it is performing the upgrade of HYDROWEEE DEMO plants for performing the demonstration activity in CROCODILE project aiming at metallic Co recovery from end of life Li ion batteries and it is performing a revamping the pilot constructed for membrane treatment for demonstration activities in MEMBER project.

As regards the know-how of eco recycling in the recycling of photovoltaic, it participated in a regional project «Photorec» in which an innovative process was developed for the recycling of end of life photovoltaic solar panels. On the basis of the data obtained in this project, a European Photolife project (2013-2017) was carried out in which the company was the leader, with the objective to recovery the glass and the main components that make up the photovoltaic panel. Within this project Eco Recycling has designed and built a pilot plant in which the innovative process is used to completely recycle the various types of photovoltaic panels.

This project therefore allowed to demonstrate the technical feasibility of the process and technology developed for the simultaneous and automated processing of the three main types of panels currently on the market.

Furthermore, the quality of the products leaving the pilot plant (glass and metals) have been characterized and the favorable economic feasibility of the developed process was verified.

Also with regards to this issue Eco Recycling with the O.RI.FO project co-financed by the Ministry of the Environment and the Protection of the Territory and the Sea, it has designed and built a new physical treatment unit which it has been tested for the enhancement of the fine fraction of the glass produced by the treatment of photovoltaic panels. Within this project a further experimental campaign has been carried out for the enhancement of the plastics that make up the photovoltaic module.

In addition, Eco Recycling is currently the coordinator of a European project LIFE LIBAT (2017-2020) for the recycling of primary Lithium Battery by mechanical and hydrometallurgical operations.

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RESCOLL Manufacturing is an independent, privately owned, for-profit SME specialized in the manufacturing of medical devices using traditional methods such as multiaxis milling and turning. Originally known as X-Medical, it was purchased by RESCOLL in 2012 and rechristened RESCOLL Manufacturing. RMG provides with services in medical implant design and manufacturing. It currently employs 15 people.

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RESCOLL will participate primarily within WP2 related to Encapsulation, durability, and reliability of modules based in their INDAR INSIDE technology and their scale up (WP5). Within WP2, the following task will be developed:

• Task 2.2. identifying and testing reversible adhesive development as task leader.
• Task 2.3. multi-nanolayer flexible packaging development, identifying flexible packaging materials and developing low cost alternative
• Task 2.5. Field test of the whole packaged module

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RESCOLL is an innovative SME, best defined as a research company for materials, specialized in composites and polymers. RESCOLL’s activities are industrial research and development of innovative products and processes. RESCOLL is conducting innovation research in the field of industrial applications of polymers (composites, resins, adhesives, varnish, coatings, etc.) and related fields: bonded assemblies, materials for fire behavior and environmentally friendly surface treatments. RESCOLL currently has 100 employees, including PhDs, engineers and technicians with sales of 10.5 M€ in 2018. RESCOLL does more than 45% of its sales in the aerospace industry. RESCOLL has been at the origin of more than 40 patents in the field of polymers and composites. RESCOLL has ISO 17025 and NADCAP accredited laboratories and is specialized in the fields of polymer formulation, vibroacoustic testing, mechanical characterization, non-destructive control, fire testing, thermo mechanical analysis, spectrometry and chromatography and surface analysis and accelerated ageing. RESCOLL also participates in several European projects including projects within the scope of FP6, FP7, and Horizon 2020. In addition, RESCOLL has participated in several Clean Sky 2 and CORAC projects. RESCOLL has worked extensively on the development of advanced surface coating and bonding technologies and has equipped a laboratory specifically for studies related to surface characterization and analysis. Thanks to projects supported on both the national and European level, RESCOLL has a team who has a great deal of experience in the development of debondable adhesion coatings. RESCOLL’s INDAR INSIDE debondable adhesives have already seen application in numerous applications, including the automotive sector. Its technical skills, quality system and the scope of its material means (i.e. technologically advanced equipment) make RESCOLL one of the state-of-the-art laboratories in the field of materials testing on the European level.

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