Perovskites – where now?
manufacture, market and sell graphene enhanced carbon paste. The 12-month Agreement gives First Graphene global exclusivity over development and sale of the PureGRAPH® containing product, with Halocell receiving a 10% royalty on sales as well as using the product in manufacturing its commercially available perovskite solar cells.
This is an addition to the existing Joint Development Agreement and Cooperative Research Centre Project Partners Agreement reached in June 2022 and August 2023 respectively.
Market-ready product with multiple sector applications
Under the pre-existing CRC-P Partners Agreement, FGR and Halocell have successfully investigated and introduced graphene to carbon paste with a focus on fine tuning formulation, concentrations, components and syntheses.
The paste is already used in the manufacture of Halocell’s PSCs, which has doubled PSC efficiency to more than 30% and dramatically reduced production costs via roll-to-roll deposition technology producing thin-film perovskites.
It is preferred over traditional conductors such as gold because of significant material and production cost reductions while maintaining high performance output and enhancing robustness.
Halocell’s indoor PSCs are already sold in the global market for use in small electronic devices due to their ability to achieve high power conversion efficiency in low light conditions.
There are 44 additional devices identified across the satellite, aerospace, IoT, electronics and renewable energy sectors that could benefit from PSC technology.
Halocell, in partnership with V-Tol Aerospace and Li-S (ASX:LIS), is already developing a lightweight power solution including next generation solar and batteries to significantly increase the flight duration of electric powered drones.
The graphene-based carbon paste can also be applied to a range of conductive applications such as heating systems and sensors, ceramic coatings, electrodes and electrochemical mixes.
Manufacturing sample graphene enhanced carbon paste material at First Graphene’s Henderson ,facility is planned to commence within the next month.
