Mod 0002: Defines prime recipient as representing the “majority of the work performed (over 50%) at I A i Program Purpose and III A i Domestic Entities, and revises the deadline for expected E/D decision and Applicant interviews.
Mod 0001: The purpose of this modification is to revise the expected date for Concept Paper Encourage/Discourage Decision date from 11/7 to 11/14, and revise the full application deadline from 12/12 to 12/18/2023.
The Advancing U.S. Thin-Film Solar Photovoltaics FOA will focus on accelerating the capabilities of two thin-film photovoltaic (PV) technologies: metal-halide perovskite PV and cadmium telluride (CdTe) PV technologies. It will fund innovative industrial research and development (R&D) projects that will enable future commercialization of hybrid tandem perovskite PV, defined as a perovskite PV in combination with another technology such as silicon or CdTe. It will also fund industrial research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) projects across the materials, equipment, installation, and performance monitoring sectors to improve the competitiveness of the domestic CdTe PV industry. This FOA promotes American leadership in thin-film PV technology by promoting the domestic manufacture of thin-film PV modules. With this goal in mind, only for-profit entities and teams led by for-profit entities may apply to this FOA (see Section III.A for more details on eligibility criteria) and all work must be performed in the United States (see Section IV.I.iii. and Appendix C).