Next Generation Photovoltaics Technology RFI

Post Date

August 1st 2013

Application Due Date

August 30th 2013

Funding Opportunity Number

DE-FOA-0000965

CFDA Number(s)

81.087

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Energy

Eligibility Categories

Unrestricted

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $0

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking comments and information from members of academia, research laboraties and industry to assist DOE in understanding the research topics in next generation photovoltaic technologies that would aid in: narrowing the gap between theoretical and realized device efficiency limits; exceeding the Shockley-Queisser limits; overcoming materials and process barriers. The knowledge gained from these research efforts may lead to methods or device structures that can facilitate the deployment of photovoltaics through reduced cell costs achieved by increased cell efficiencies or cost effective materials/processes. This request for information (RFI) asks interested parties to provide information on topic areas in innovative, transformative PV cell technology research which have high potential to be impactful to the PV landscape in 10-20 years, particularly those that will facilitate terawatt deployment of PV. Although the DOE may determine as the result of this RFI to issue a formal Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), there is no guarantee that future funding opportunities or other activities will be undertaken as a result of this RFI. The full RFI is posted on the EERE Exchange website, http://eere-exchange.energy.gov/

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Energy

• Office:

  Golden Field Office

• Agency Contact:

  NextGenPVRFI
  NextGenPV@ee.doe.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  NextGenPV@ee.doe.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  NextGenPV@ee.doe.gov

• More Information:

  Full RFI is available on EERE Exchange