World record solar cells for "move"

Swiss start-up Flisom is ready for the global market: The company, a spin-off from ETH Zürich and Empa, has developed a unique roll-to-roll process for the cost-effective production of flexible and highly efficient thin-film solar modules. The first pilot plant on the Empa campus in Dübendorf was officially inaugurated and shown to potential customers and partners of the company on September 19, 2017. The solar cells produce renewable energy for "move", Empa's mobility demonstrator. Mobility without fossil fuels - that is the goal of Empa's mobility demonstrator "move". In addition to electro-mobility, interest focuses on the conversion of renewable electricity that cannot be used straightaway into alternative fuels like hydrogen and - at a later stage of maturation - synthetic methane. The starting point is the production of solar power - new among other things by means of a photo-voltaic system from Flisom AG with peak output of around 30 kilowatts. Flisom was founded in 2005 as a spin-off from ETH Zürich and has continued grow to its current size on the Empa Campus in Dübendorf.