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NEXT OPV Technology

Organic Photovoltaic (OPV) will transform building facades into solar assets and change the world's carbon footprint.

NEXT PLATFORMS
NEXT ENERGY: THE LONG TERM BIPV SOLUTION

NEXT is a BIPV solution developer that has created technology and equipment that is optimized for architectural flat glass and seamlessly integrates into the glass supply chain. This enables us to create PV coatings that are designed for specific markets and applications that are optimized to architectural flat glass and offer a solution to the fabricators and glazing contractors that can be readily deployed.

Chemistry Platform
Organic Photovoltaics (OPV)
Equipment Platform
Slot-Die Coating
NEXT Technology BIPV Platform
NEXT BIPV Solution Seamlessly Integrates into the Supply Chain
OPV Chemistry
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WHAT IS OPV?

Organic Photovoltaics are devices that use organic semiconductors to generate electricity from the sun. OPV is derived from the research that resulted in a Nobel Prize at UC Santa Barbara.

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Carbon-based semiconductors uniquely allow for harvesting light in the Infrared (IR) and Ultraviolet (UV) spectrums while allowing visible light to pass through. No other solar semiconductors can do this! In a window, the evolution to OPV makes a world of difference.

NEXT OPV TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM

NEXT OPV is the future of OPV. Our patented products and processes (50+ and counting) have leveraged the underlying strengths of OPV (tunability and transparency) to create solutions with excellent aesthetics, durability, and performance.

NEXT OPV is the first OPV fully optimized for commercialization

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TRANSPARENT​​

Passes Visible light, harvests UV and IR light

TRANSPARENT

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TUNABLE​​

Adjustable Color, VLT, and Efficiency

TUNABLE

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ADAPTIVE​​

High angles, Low-light, High temperature

ADAPTIVE

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UPGRADEABLE​​

Path to greater efficiency

UPGRADEABLE

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SCALABLE​​

Earth-abundant, low-cost materials

SCALABLE

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NON-TOXIC​​

No heavy metals or toxic by-products

NON-TOXIC

We will be the first to commercialize OPV for low cost, large format, scalable facades in partnership with the best players in the glass supply chain.

Slot Die
EQUIPMENT PLATFORM: SOLUTION PROCESSING

Like OLED display manufacturing processes, NEXT’s inks are applied directly onto glass using an engineered slot die coating equipment and techniques developed by NEXT.

 

Our highly refined process is a versatile deposition technique in which a solution is delivered onto a substrate via a narrow slot positioned close to the surface.​

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Slot die coating has these distinct advantages:

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  • Enables in-line supply chain integration, allowing us to license the technology to fabricators with existing capabilities to build windows. 

  • It substantially lowers the cost of standing up a production line, making the technology affordable and globally scalable

  • Low-cost and high-speed processing

Integration
SEAMLESS INTEGRATION INTO WINDOW FABRICATION

The NEXT lamination manufacturing has a similar design and makeup to solar panels making it low risk and low disruption to the existing glass supply chain.

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Glass fabricators can add this low-cost process to their manufacturing capabilities that will lay down NEXT coatings on surface #2 then laser scribe the OPV layer before laminating it to a second carrier lite with an interlayer and PIB edge seal. Leads exit the edge and are tied into a junction box.

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The laminated NEXT OPV lite is compatible with established and emerging glass technology including double or triple glazed Insulated Glass Units (IGUs) or Vacuum Insulated Glass (VIG).  Using established materials and techniques, IGUs with NEXT OPV are ready to be installed into a framing system designed to accommodate glass with wires.

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GLAZING/FRAMING SYSTEM INTEGRATION

NEXT windows are widely compatible and seamlessly integrate into commercial curtain wall systems:

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  • Integrates with any standard BIPV Curtain Wall or Stick Built System. Wiring is carried in the mullions

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  • Contains a single, simple junction box that connects easily to off the shelf solar inverter systems.  

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