PHYSIC - PHotovoltaic with SuperIor Crack resistance

Cracks in Silicon solar cells composing photovoltaic modules are crucial for the durability of this renewable energy technology and for the development of novel emergent solutions based on Silicon thin films. This project aims at proposing an unprecedented revolutionary pre-stressing technique to induce a compressive stress state in Silicon solar cells in order to achieve an insensitiveness to the effect of cracking on the power output.