The African Centre of Excellence in Future Energies and Electrochemical Systems (ACE-FUELS) at FUTO Nigeria is planning to make the first next-generation solar module manufactured in Africa.
Last summer, PhD student John Anyanwu visited the solar labs at Swansea University to take part in some essential training and knowledge exchange in the art of making perovskite solar cells. Working with Dr Ershad Parvazian and Dr Carys Worsley, he learned how to make spin-coated planar perovskites and screen-printed mesoporous perovskites.
The collaboration was funded by REACH-PSM and made possible through the TEA@SUNRISE network. It was enabled by research led by Professor Trystan Watson and Professor Matthew Davies at SPECIFIC, Swansea University; and Professor Emeka Oguzie at ACE-FUELS, Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO).
Funded by the UKRI Ayrton Challenge Programme and led by Swansea University, REACH-PSM is a collaboration with universities, businesses, and local communities in Nigeria, Rwanda, Kenya, and South Africa. Its goal is to develop local manufacturing capabilities of perovskite solar modules in Africa.
TEA@SUNRISE is part of the Transforming Energy Access platform funded by UK aid from the UK Government to support the technologies, business models and skills needed to enable an inclusive, clean energy transition. However the views expressed do not necessarily reflect the UK government’s official policies.