This content was translated by an AI-powered translation tool.
It may contain inaccuracies due to the limitations of machine translation.
Copyright © DongA Science. All rights reserved.
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) has announced its bid to become the world’s first to commercialize perovskite solar cells, moving beyond the limitations of the laboratory. The goal is to establish an integrated research system covering materials, devices, modules, processes, and demonstration to complete large-area mass production technology and secure a leading position in global technological competitiveness.
GIST announced on the 14th that it held an inauguration ceremony for the ‘Strategic Research Group for the World’s First Commercialization of Perovskite Solar Cells’ on the 13th. The event marked the official launch of the research group, which will lead the industrialization of next-generation solar cells, and declared the full-scale operation of a research system focused on demonstration and mass production based on industry-academia-research cooperation.
Perovskite solar cells are gaining attention as a future eco-friendly energy technology due to their high efficiency and low production costs. However, they currently maintain high performance only in small, laboratory-scale devices, and the long-term operational stability and large-area mass production process technology essential for commercialization have not yet been secured.
The research group will focus on upgrading laboratory-level technology to mass-producible modules by integrally managing the entire process from material development to the fabrication, demonstration, and mass production of large-area (0.72㎡) modules.
Centered around GIST, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), the KEPCO Research Institute, Gwangju Technopark, and ReSell will participate, establishing a full-cycle cooperative system from securing source technology to producing commercial products.
Group leader Lee Kwang-hee stated, “In the era of the great renewable energy transition, commercializing perovskite solar cells is a crucial challenge to solve. We will build a networking platform for technology, certification, standards, industrialization, and investment, and complete large-area commercial technology to lead in securing global competitiveness.”
GIST President Lim Ki-chul said, “Perovskite solar cells are a key technology that will accelerate the transition to a carbon-neutral society. Based on industry-academia-research-government cooperation, we will proceed with full-cycle R&D without a hitch to achieve the world’s first commercialization.”
