Proceedings of MATSUS Fall 2023 Conference (MATSUSFall23)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.matsus.2023.193
Publication date: 18th July 2023
The strive for more efficient buildings is pushing digitalization. With that the need for connected sensors is growing rapidly. These sensors are commonly powered by batteries and require costly maintainace to change batteries with a few years intervall and generate a large amount of waste batteries.
By harvesting ambient energy the battery life time can be extended and in many cases the battery become redundant. In buildings the main source of ambient energy is light that can be harvested by solar cells. Other examples of applications for connected devices suitable for light energy harvesting include electronic shelf labels and asset tracking labels.
Epishine is a Swedish innovative company that has developed a scalable manufacturing process to produce organic solar cells by roll to roll printing and lamination technologies, to meet an increasing demand for high performance indoor solar cells.
In this talk I will give an overview of Epishine´s technology and manufacturing process, together with potential and requirements for indoor solar cells in selected market segments and applications. I will also discuss our view on the future of scaling indoor solar powered products and manufacturing.