Solaires Enterprises Inc.

Published purpose

Solaires is building the next generation of photovoltaic (PV) technologies to power the world of indoor electronics. PVs have been part of the indoor PV market for decades, though in limited use. As an example, handheld calculators have been powered by silicon PVs since the late 1970s, but in general silicon PVs are not optimised for harnessing artificial lights. Traditional silicon PVs optimally absorb and generate electricity from sunlight. This is a chemical and physical phenomenon inherent to crystalline silicon. Meanwhile, the LED and fluorescent lighting that illuminate our homes and offices are “colder” than sunlight, where the average wavelength of light is shifted towards the bluer end of the light spectrum, which crystalline silicon is poorly aligned with. This is where perovskite technologies shine brightest. The chemical formulation of perovskites is variable, and with that variability comes a wide range of optimal wavelengths of light that perovskites can absorb. In fact, of all photovoltaic materials, perovskites are the only class of material that can be tuned to optimally absorb any light in the visible spectrum. This project with SDTC encompasses the development our PVModules, external qualification from independent organizations and pilot partners, commercialization of PVModules, and the early stages of building our future line of PVFilms, a grid-scale perovskite solar solution.