Disruptive approach
Hi-BITS is pioneering a groundbreaking device architecture designed to enhance bifaciality and photon recycling, aiming to surpass the current 23% efficiency of CIGS solar cells and achieve over 25% efficiency.
Our innovations are tailored to meet market needs, making them ideal for applications such as building-integrated photovoltaics, vehicle-integrated photovoltaics, and agri-photovoltaics.
We will conduct outdoor testing of these modules across three diverse European climates to demonstrate enhanced energy yield and stability. Comprehensive life cycle analyses and cost assessments, with a focus on circularity, will highlight the superior sustainability of our modules.
Groundbreaking results
Hi-BITS aims to revolutionise thin-film manufacturing by achieving higher efficiency, reducing raw material usage, implementing streamlined and controlled processes, enhancing module technologies, and exploring novel applications.
Strong network
Our consortium unites Europe's leading research organisations in thin-film photovoltaic technologies with key industrial players across the thin-film PV value chain.
The project is structured around six technical work packages, each targeting critical components:
Building blocks for new CIGS architectures (WP2)
High-performance solar cells with bifaciality and/or advanced light management (WP3)
Reduction in cell-to-module efficiency loss and process monitoring (WP4)
Application prototypes and road map for upscaling (WP5)
Device/module real-life characterisation for reliability and energy yield assessment (WP6)
Sustainability and compliance of new specific applications (WP7)
Comprehensive action plan
