The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking insights from academia, research laboratories, and industry on advanced photovoltaic (PV) technologies. This grant initiative aims to identify crucial research topics that can significantly narrow the gap between theoretical and realized device efficiencies, surpass the Shockley-Queisser limits, and resolve existing materials and process challenges. The knowledge gained from these efforts is expected to lead to innovative methods or device structures, ultimately reducing cell costs through enhanced efficiencies or more economical materials and processes. This will facilitate widespread, terawatt-scale deployment of PV within the next 10-20 years. While this is a Request for Information, it may inform future DOE funding opportunities for transformative PV cell technology research.
Opportunity ID: 239028
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | DE-FOA-0000965 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Next Generation Photovoltaics Technology RFI |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Energy |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 81.087 — Renewable Energy Research and Development |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Aug 01, 2013 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Aug 30, 2013 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Aug 30, 2013 |
| Archive Date: | Oct 01, 2013 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $0 |
| Award Ceiling: | $0 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Golden Field Office |
| 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/ |
| Link to Additional Information: | Full RFI is available on EERE Exchange |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
NextGenPVRFI
NextGenPV@ee.doe.gov Email:NextGenPV@ee.doe.gov |
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