Solar wafer
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Model of an electric car
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The targeted applications are grouped in two main impact areas with wide commercial and societal interest:

• energy production, e.g. solar energy
• energy storage, e.g. for e-cars
• energy saving; e.g. lightweight vehicle

• medicine, e.g. biocidal walls for hospitals
• hygiene, e.g. in high visitor traffic areas

Main objectives of the impact areas

    Impact area crystalline silicon PV
    Impact area thin film silicon PV
    Impact area infection control
    Impact area energy storage
    Impact area interface technologies

Crystalline and thin film silicon photovoltaics

• manufacturing costs reduction
• efficiency increase

Infection control

• surfaces with multiple biocidal activities

Energy storage

• supercapacitors with high power density

Interface technologies for durable adhesion

• aeronautics: durable bonding for next generation lightweight « black » aircraft
• automotive: lightweight coachwork parts
• steel: lightweight panels with high stiffness