NextPackOPV

The NextPackOPV project aims to develop innovative barrier materials for flexible OPV film solar modules and increase the outdoor service life of these modules to 25 years. It focuses on reducing material costs by 30-40% and aims to achieve modules with an efficiency of 4-10%. 
The project is a response to challenges in materials science and process technology, as there are currently no cost-effective and commercially available solutions for substrates, electrodes and barriers that meet all technical requirements. NextPackOPV is particularly innovative in combining barrier solutions with flexible OPV modules and aims to demonstrate this technology for the first time in generations 1 to 3 of OPV architecture in application-oriented environments. The project also links its technical goals with political funding objectives, particularly in the areas of photovoltaics and materials research for the energy transition. By reducing the use of materials and developing cost-effective solar modules processed from the liquid phase, broad application is to be enabled, which would significantly increase resource efficiency and facilitate integration into buildings and vehicles. NextPackOPV thus pursues not only technological but also ecological and economic goals by promoting sustainable and marketable solutions for sector coupling and special areas of application such as building-integrated or vehicle-integrated photovoltaics.