Indoor Solar: Printed Organic Photovoltaics (OPV) – Epishine unveils the world's most efficient solar cell factory

🏗️ This factory marks a significant milestone in the development of alternative energy sources and the realization of environmentally friendly, sustainable energy production

📈 Expansion and market growth

🚀 This expansion into a larger, state-of-the-art roll-to-roll facility is a direct result of growing market interest across industries and a wide range of applications. Epishine is driven by the vision to revolutionize printed solar energy technology for the benefit of people and planet. Their new factory is dedicated to capturing indoor light to make electronics self-sufficient. This eliminates the need for cables, disposable batteries and unnecessary maintenance, while focusing on developing a smarter way to power electronics.

“Epishine’s commitment to pioneering this space is reflected in important milestones like this,” said Anders Kottenauer, CEO of Epishine. “This expansion showcases our readiness to meet the demand of our customers and broader audiences

🏭 The new production facility

🔄 There is a lot of activity in the new production facility because the future of energy production is being shaped here. Epishine stands for progress and innovation in the field of solar technology. The opening of the plant is a sign of growth and confidence in the future of organic photovoltaics, an area that impresses with its flexibility, low weight and new areas of application in the field of energy production.

🔋 Sustainable production and impact

🌱 Epishine's factory utilizes advanced roll-to-roll printing technology, allowing them to produce their indoor solar cells in high volumes. This technology facilitates the production of sustainable modules on an unprecedented scale, eliminating the need for disposable batteries.

🚀 Future plans and strategy

✨ Epishine's new facility focuses on the production of printed organic solar cells. With this expansion, Epishine is poised to scale its production capacity to hundreds of millions of solar cell modules annually. In addition to increased production, the factory's strategic location enables future expansion and ensures that Epishine can scale quickly and be a superior partner for powering electronics.

🌟 Redefining energy production

👓 This expansion is in line with their mission to redefine the capture of light as a viable energy source. As the market for battery-powered devices grows, the demand for sustainable energy sources becomes increasingly important. Conventional batteries not only harm the environment, but also do not meet the requirements of today's high-tech applications. Epishine's printed organic solar cells provide a clean, renewable and reliable energy solution to this problem.

Anders Kottenauer concludes with optimism and says: “We are at the beginning of a remarkable transformation. With this new factory we are not only expanding, we are embodying a new paradigm of scalable solar cell manufacturing for the future.”

✨ Innovative ready-made modules

🌟 The final product is finished modules that are only 0.2 millimeters thick, a dimension that opens up new application possibilities in various technological fields.

Jonas Bergqvist, CTO of Epishine, explains: “We have developed our unique roll-to-roll printing process for indoor solar cells, which enables comparatively low temperatures and efficient use of materials, where, for example, one gram of the semiconductor material is enough for several square meters of solar cells.”

🔍 Quality assurance and performance testing

👁️ The outstanding quality of Epishine modules is ensured by careful performance testing that each individual module undergoes. The combination of performance, efficiency and innovation in production is ensured by a custom-developed visual inspection system integrated directly into the production line. These rigorous testing procedures enable the OPVs (Organic Photovoltaics) to deliver optimal results even under low light conditions, which is a crucial prerequisite for success in the field of indoor photovoltaics.

🌿 Environmental commitment and technology development

💡 Environmental awareness plays a key role at Epishine. The company attaches great importance to low process temperatures and efficient use of materials, which results in a positive life cycle balance that has been tested and confirmed by independent institutions. In addition, there are plans to go one step further and switch from silver to copper to further reduce the environmental footprint of production.

💼 Location advantages and expansion

📍 The industrial environment in Linköping not only offers Epishine excellent infrastructure, but also enough space for potential expansion - a clear sign that the company's ambitions go far beyond its current achievements.

🔮 Looking into the future

🌱 Epishine's new production facility is not only a commitment to innovation and technology, but also a promise for a cleaner and more sustainable future. With its cutting-edge organic photovoltaic panels, Epishine is at the forefront of a movement that aims to fundamentally change the way we produce and consume energy.

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🌱 The basics of organic photovoltaics

OPV stands for “Organic Photovoltaics” and describes a form of solar technology in which solar cells are made from organic, i.e. carbon-based, molecules. These organic compounds can be polymers or small molecule compounds. The technology is seen as promising because it has the potential to be cheaper, more flexible and lighter than traditional crystalline silicon solar cells.

🌿 Advantages and Applications of OPV Cells

Organic photovoltaic cells (OPV cells) absorb light and convert it into electrical energy using active layers that are significantly thinner than those in traditional silicon solar cells. In addition, OPV cells can be applied to flexible substrates, allowing integration into buildings (BIPV – building-integrated photovoltaics) and portable electronic devices.

💡 Production and development of OPV technology

A key advantage of OPV technology is its manufacturing. The organic materials can be processed at relatively low temperatures, which can reduce production costs and enable the production of solar cells through cost-effective processes such as printing. However, conventional OPV cells tend to have lower efficiency in converting sunlight into electrical energy and a shorter lifespan compared to inorganic solar cells, so further development of OPV technology is aimed at improving these characteristics.

🔬 Understanding of organic photovoltaic technology

👉 Advantages of organic photovoltaics (OPV)

• Cheaper
• More flexible
• Lighter

👉 Production of OPV cells

• Lower processing temperatures
• Integration into various applications
• Challenges for improving efficiency and service life

🌟 Innovative technologies for the green future

Today, when sustainability and energy efficiency have become key challenges for society, innovative technologies are emerging that contribute to a green future. One of these emerging technology fields is indoor photovoltaics (IPV), which has the potential to fundamentally change the way we use energy indoors.

💡 The principle of indoor photovoltaics

Indoor photovoltaics do not utilize direct sunlight as traditional solar panels do, but instead focus on using artificial light available indoors to generate electrical energy. This innovative application makes it possible to extract energy from light sources that have already been used for other purposes - in effect recycling light energy. This principle assumes that light that is used for illumination and hits surfaces is not just scattered unused, but that part of this light is converted into electrical energy.

🔌 Potential of IPV technology

The greatest potential of IPV technology lies in powering small and tiny electronic devices used indoors. These can be sensors, small household appliances, watches, remote controls or even Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The IPV thus enables continuous power supply without external energy sources and without the need to change batteries or use external chargers. This is not only convenient, but also environmentally friendly, as it reduces the amount of waste caused by used batteries and thus contributes to environmental protection.

🔍 Specialization of photovoltaic cells

To effectively use IPV technology, special photovoltaic cells are required that are designed to function at lower light intensities and different light spectrums - such as those found in artificial light. Unlike traditional solar panels, which are optimized for maximum efficiency under direct sunlight, IPV cells are designed for high sensitivity in a lower light spectrum.

🛠️ Robustness and energy efficiency

IPV technology represents a robust and low-maintenance solution as there are no moving parts and the IPV modules can provide consistent performance over very long periods of time when used properly. Furthermore, IPV systems can help improve the energy efficiency of buildings by reducing the need for external energy sources and contributing to the self-sufficient energy supply of various devices.

🏡 Integration into smart homes

The integration of IPV systems into the smart home concept is also of particular interest. For example, sensors used for home automation could be continuously powered through IPV. This would ensure complete functional reliability and independence from power grids - a significant step towards autonomy and energy efficiency in the smart home sector.

🌱 Sustainable energy balance and future prospects

Although the development of IPV technology is still in its early stages, the potential applications and benefits are diverse and promise to improve indoor energy balance in the future. On the one hand, this maximizes the efficiency of the energy already used for lighting, and on the other hand, it contributes to the generation of emission-free energy.

🚀 Research and development for the mass market

To make IPV more effective and attractive to the mass market, continued investment in research and development is needed to improve the efficiency and cost of the technology. This includes optimizing materials, manufacturing processes and the design of photovoltaic cells to maximize the absorption of spectral ranges of indoor light and achieve high energy conversion efficiency.

🏢🌟 Indoor potential: The opportunity for change

IPV technology is therefore not only an energy source, but also a promising example of how innovative use of existing resources can make a significant contribution to more sustainable and environmentally friendly energy management. While the use of photovoltaics outdoors is already well established, indoor photovoltaics could become a similarly revolutionary technology in our interior spaces in the coming years.

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