Description: PV2plus developed a solution to reduce the cost of high efficiency solar cells by utilizing copper instead of silver for the solar cell contacts.
Products & Services About Press Contact Products & Services About Press Contact PV2+ GmbH is a deep-tech spin-off from the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE. PV2+ has developed a patented solution to considerably reduce the cost of high efficiency solar cells, whilst enhancing their performance and sustainability by utilizing abundant copper instead of silver for the solar cell contacts.
We are currently working with industry partners to commercialize this innovation.
Abundant Copper for solar power in abundance Even though PV is becoming the lowest-cost option for electricity generation in most of the world, solar energy today contributes to only 3 % of the world's energy production. Our mission is to enable a rapid but sustainable growth of the solar industry by solving the problem of limited silver resources that increasingly confront the solar industry.