Draft2:U.S. Manufacturing of Advanced Perovskites Consortium
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The U.S. Manufacturing of Advanced Perovskites Consortium (US-MAP Consortium) seeks to regain U.S. dominance in optoelectronic and photonic manufacturing. It aims to:
- Address reliability barriers to market entry by providing standardized stress testing to assess the intrinsic stability of devices/cells and modules
- Conduct cross-cutting precompetitive basic science to provide foundational insights to accelerate R&D progress and manufacturing scale-up
- Provide low-cost access to capital equipment, tools, facilities, and expertise through shared corporate research laboratory resources and by leveraging existing investments in capabilities to provide a foundation for agile response to consortium members' emerging needs.
DOE's role
Working with leading domestic solar companies, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Washington Clean Energy Testbeds at the University of Washington, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the University of Toledo formed the US Manufacturing of Advanced Perovskites Consortium (US-MAP) in April 2020.[1]
DOE provides key leadership including:
- Director
- Chief Operating Officer
- Executive Director
Funding
In April 2021, the U.S. Department of Energy awarded $40 million to fund continuing research into perovskites, with much of the money going to facilities connected to a consortium led by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).[2]
The founding organizers will explore funding from a variety of sources, including industrial members and the U.S. federal government. In addition, some US-MAP founding organizers are funded by state and local government programs intended to foster regional economic development within the United States.
The founding organizers and domestic industry partners received early investments from the and U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Department of Energy
These investments have enabled the U.S. to be at the forefront of many of these technology areas and have fostered a vibrant community of industrial leaders. In addition, a number of the US-MAP organizers, capability providers, and industry members are individually funded for perovskite solar R&D by the Solar Energy Technologies Office.
Purpose
The US-MAP Consortium hosts shared R&D, testing, and pilot manufacturing to provide reduced development costs and times for its members and mitigation of technology risk for potential investors.
Shared manufacturing and testing facilities—and, critically, the expertise offered with them—provide members with a cost-effective and rapid means to develop scalable manufacturing methods and test the viability of their products. Members avoid the need for significant duplicative capital investment in equipment, maintain ownership of intellectual property, and access critical expertise required to prove manufacturability and product reliability. Our facilities de-risk key hurdles and provide a bridge over the development and commercialization phase, where emerging companies lack the resources to prototype comprehensive manufacturing capabilities to satisfy potential investors.
Engaging manufacturing equipment and materials suppliers in the value chain through US-MAP's shared facilities provides an opportunity for members to directly and cost-effectively demonstrate the ability of those tools and raw materials to meet their needs, thus mitigating manufacturing scale-up risks to their investors.
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