DEEE0011422
Cooperative Agreement
Overview
Grant Description
This project is directed at identifying, testing, and implementing within 2 years ultraviolet light (UV) + temperature tolerant materials and cell stack designs for 27% mechanically-stacked perovskite + silicon hybrid tandem photovoltaic (PV) modules with =300 cm² aperture areas that pass IEC 61215 module quality test (MQT) 10, 11, 13, and 21 and ISOS-L-2
and exhibit <3% relative power loss after 6 months of continuous outdoor operation.
and exhibit <3% relative power loss after 6 months of continuous outdoor operation.
Awardee
Funding Goals
THE ADVANCING U.S. THIN-FILM SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS FOA WILL FOCUS ON ACCELERATING THE CAPABILITIES OF TWO THIN-FILM PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) TECHNOLOGIES: METAL-HALIDE PEROVSKITE PV AND CADMIUM TELLURIDE (CDTE) PV. IT WILL FUND INNOVATIVE INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D) PROJECTS FOR PEROVSKITE PV AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION (RD&D) PROJECTS FOR CDTE PV. “INDUSTRIAL” R&D AND RD&D REFERS TO PROJECTS THAT ARE LED BY INDUSTRY WITH THE PRIMARY INTENT OF IMPROVING COMMERCIAL VIABILITY AND/OR MARKET SHARE OF THE TECHNOLOGIES BEING STUDIED. THIS FOA PROMOTES AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN THIN-FILM PV TECHNOLOGY IN BOTH THE DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING OF THIN-FILM PV MODULES AND THE DEPLOYMENT OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES AT THE GIGAWATT (GW) SCALE.
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding Agency
Place of Performance
San Jose,
California
95131-1207
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Related Opportunity
Tandem Pv was awarded
UV+Temperature Tolerant Materials for High-Efficiency PV Modules
Cooperative Agreement DEEE0011422
worth $5,197,852
from the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in October 2024 with work to be completed primarily in San Jose California United States.
The grant
has a duration of 1 year and
was awarded through assistance program 81.087 Renewable Energy Research and Development.
The Cooperative Agreement was awarded through grant opportunity Advancing U.S. Thin-Film Solar Photovoltaics.
Status
(Complete)
Last Modified 10/16/25
Period of Performance
10/1/24
Start Date
9/30/25
End Date
Funding Split
$5.2M
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$5.2M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Transaction History
Modifications to DEEE0011422
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
DEEE0011422
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
Small Business
Awarding Office
892434 GOLDEN FIELD OFFICE
Funding Office
892403 ENERGY EFFICIENCYRENEWABLE ENERGY
Awardee UEI
FRQ4N85D21N3
Awardee CAGE
7P6F5
Performance District
CA-17
Senators
Dianne Feinstein
Alejandro Padilla
Alejandro Padilla
Modified: 10/16/25