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Our company was featured in the Wall Street Journal.
Our company was featured in the Wall Street Journal on 11 January 2024.
China’s Solar Dominance Faces New Rival: An Ultrathin Film
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EneCoat Technologies Co., Ltd and Toyota Commence Joint Development of Perovskite Solar Cells for Automotive Applications ～Next-generation solar cells with high power generation efficiency and expected to reduce CO2 emissions during driving
Launching a verification operation of next generation solar cells (Perovskite Solar Cells) installed in IoT Co2 sensor terminal in Tokyo Metropolitan Government facilities.
EneCoat Technologies Co., Ltd (Head Office: Kumiyama-cho, Kuze-gun, Kyoto; President: Naoya Kato) has announced today a collaboration with Macnica, Inc. (Headquarters: Kohoku-ku, Yokohama; President: Kazumasa Hara), a total service and solution provider in semiconductors, networking, cyber security, and AI/IoT, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced today that they have started verification operation of IoT CO2 sensor terminals equipped with perovskite solar cells (PSCs), which are considered a major next-generation solar cell technology, inside Tokyo Metropolitan Government facilities.
PSCs have excellent power generation performance both indoors and outdoors, and because they are thin, light, and bendable, they have a much wider range of applications compared to conventional solar cells, and can provide an independent power source anywhere as long as there is a light source, from small devices around us to in-car power sources, wall mounting, and space applications.
Enecoat has developed PSCs optimized for IoT terminals in terms of power generation capacity and shape, and has been conducting verification operation of air quality sensors employing PSCs made by Enecoat in collaboration with Macnica since last year and to further materialize the efforts, the agreement for the verification operation was signed by Macnica, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and EneCoat. By having the Tokyo Metropolitan Government provide offices within the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building as an environment for air quality monitoring operation, Macnica, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and EneCoat will be able to further advance the study and verification of the mass production of IoT sensors equipped with PSCs.
■Roles in the Demonstration Experiment
Macnica Corporation:
Provision of sensors and systems with perovskite solar cells, installation, measurement, dissemination of the project, etc.
Tokyo Metropolitan Government:
Provision of Tokyo Metropolitan Government facilities for the verification experiment, overall coordination of the project, dissemination of the project, etc.
EneCoat Technologies Inc:
Provision of perovskite solar cells, verification of power generation performance, dissemination of the project, etc.
EneCoat is a Kyoto University startup established in 2018 to commercialize the research results of Atsushi Wakamiya’s laboratory at the Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, and has positioned as a corporate mission to contribute to (1) the promotion of IoT by devices using highly efficient solar cells for low illumination and (2) the realization of a carbon neutral society by lightweight thin film solar cells for high illumination.
Taking the opportunity of the development of the IoT CO2 sensor, EneCoat will expand its lineup of high-performance PSCs for sensors and wearable devices, aiming to start production by the end of 2024.
Our company was featured on BBC News.
The seriesB round of financing was conducted.
It was published in Nihon Keizai Shimbun.
It was published in Nikkei xTECH.
Selected for the Green Innovation Fund Project
We are pleased to announce that our company has been selected for the “Green Innovation Fund Project / Development of Next Generation Solar Cells” by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).
Cheap! Light weight! What’s so great about perovskite solar cells!
Our company was featured in a series of articles by chemistry lecturer Kaoru Sakata, “Let’s have fun learning even if you are a humanities major! by chemistry lecturer Kaoru Sakata.
The 12th. Just paint it on and let it dry! What is Perovskite, the “Dream Solar Cell” from Japan?
The 13th. Cheap! Light weight! What’s so great about perovskite solar cells!