RBnano, partner of the Rh(e)in-Solar INTERREG IV Upper Rhine project

RBnano is part of the interregional Rh(e)in-Solar project, which gathers 14 partners of the Upper Rhine among which research centers, universities and companies in Strasbourg, Mulhouse, Basel, Freiburg and Karlsruhe, working on the development of organic solar cells..

With the future scarcity of fossil energy, renewable energies as photovoltaics became a worldwide economic issue. The current silicon based technology will have to be replaced by easier, more efficient and less costly technologies. One of the biggest industrial issues of the 21st century will be to master the development of organic solar cells.

RBnano has taken it upon itself to develop transparent electrodes to replace ITO, indium tin oxide, which shortage is expected in the next ten years. RBnano innovates and develops new transparent conductive oxides using its mineralizable inks, which are deposited by liquid on transparent glass or plastic, avoiding onerous techniques as PVD or PECVD.