Next-Generation Industrial Solar Cells & Modules Cluster

Solar photovoltaic (PV) power generation is booming and poised to become the world’s largest source of electricity. To accelerate the manufacture and deployment of PV technologies in Singapore and abroad, and to support the decarbonisation of the global energy system, continuous improvements of the efficiency, manufacturing cost, and long-term stability of industrial solar cells and modules are required. This Cluster researches and develops next-generation industrial solar cells and modules that provide superior performance and cost-effectiveness than today’s technologies. The experimental work in our solar cell laboratories focuses on (i) low-cost high-efficiency single-junction solar cells based on 244-cm² (M2-size) monocrystalline silicon substrates and (ii) low-cost large-area (M2) 30% efficient perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells and mini-modules (SERIS flagship project). The Cluster also hosts, manages and operates the REC@NUS Corporate R&D Laboratory for Next Generation Photovoltaics targeting low-cost 30% tandem solar cells on ultra-large silicon substrates (440 cm², G12). In December 2024, the Cluster had 27 members (including 4 PhD students) spread over two R&D groups.