AlphaGlass™ Perovskite PV
Every light sourceis an energy source.
AlphaGlass turns indoor light, diffuse daylight, and full sun into usable power.
RadianX’s thin-film perovskite platform combines high light absorption and tunable chemistry to put energy generation directly into products and surfaces.
Performance is independently certified from lab-scale cells through full-size modules.
Performance built to scale.
- 27.3%
Lab-scale cell
- 25.7%
300 x 300 mm panel
- 22.3%
1.2 x 0.6 m module
- IEC TS
63163Categories 1, 2 + 3
Full-size panels
All performance claims are third-party-tested and verified.
Why perovskite
A thinner absorber.A wider design space.
Conventional crystalline silicon absorbs light indirectly. Capturing enough light requires a wafer more than 100 micrometers thick.
Perovskite absorbs light directly and intensely.
Diagram shown to relative scale: 100 µm silicon vs. ~1 µm perovskite absorber. Substrate not to scale.
The active absorber in AlphaGlass is less than one micrometer thick—opening a fundamentally different path to how photovoltaics can be manufactured and integrated.
Thin-film processing allows for the deposition of the active material onto substrates including glass and film, creating new possibilities for size, form, and product integration.
All-light performance
All-light performancefor real-worldconditions.
Traditional photovoltaic performance is usually discussed under full sun.
Humans do not live under full sun.
They move between offices, homes, warehouses, vehicles, windows, shade, and outdoor environments. AlphaGlass is engineered to harvest energy across that range.
One platform. From 50 lux to full sun.
- 200 luxDim indoor environmentWarehouses, hallways, homes in the evening.
- 1,000 luxBright indoor environmentOffices, retail, labs and vehicle cabins.
- Full sunOutdoor environmentDirect sunlight, up to ~100,000 lux.
Certified performance
Performancethat scales.
High efficiency at lab-cell scale is one thing.
Maintaining performance as the active area grows is the engineering challenge.
AlphaGlass has been independently tested across formats from lab-scale cells to full modules.
Certified efficiency
Formats drawn to relative scale.
27.3%25.7%22.3%Lab-scale cell300 × 300 mm panel1.2 × 0.6 m moduleStability
Built beyond the lab.
Perovskite performance matters only if it lasts.
Layers within the AlphaGlass module stack are designed for stability and durability.
AlphaGlass has been tested for applications across IEC TS 63163 Categories 1, 2, and 3.
Qualification
IEC TS 63163
Categories 1, 2 + 3
- Category 1
- Category 2
- Category 3
Field life
10+ years
Projected field life from accelerated testing of full-size product panels
IEC TS 63163 evaluates electrical, thermal, and mechanical durability through sequences including:
- Thermal cycling
- Humidity-freeze
- Damp heat
- Mechanical load
- Hail
- Bypass-diode
- Drop
Safety
Engineered withsafety in mind.
High-performance perovskite chemistry requires a rigorous approach to material design and environmental compliance.
AlphaGlass has passed environmental compliance standards including REACH and RoHS.
CompliantREACH
EU regulation on the registration, evaluation and restriction of chemicals.
CompliantRoHS
Restriction of Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment.
Tunable physics
Tune the materialto the light.
Different light. Same platform.
Tuned performance.
Perovskite gives engineers another degree of freedom: the bandgap can be tuned through chemistry.
That means the absorber can be optimized around the wavelengths a product encounters most.
An indoor sensor can be engineered around artificial illumination such as white LEDs. An outdoor device can be optimized around the solar spectrum.
Instead of forcing every application onto the same photovoltaic architecture, AlphaGlass lets the material respond to the environment.
Indoor sensor
Tuned to white LED light.
A wider bandgap concentrates absorption on the visible wavelengths LEDs emit.
400 NM7001,000 NMAbsorption edgeWhite LEDAlphaGlass response
Outdoor device
Tuned to the sun.
A narrower bandgap reaches further into red and near-infrared sunlight.
400 NM7001,000 NMAbsorption edgeSunlight (AM1.5G)AlphaGlass response
Design freedom
Power without the lookof a solar panel.
Power generation should not dictate a product’s look.
Conventional solar cells are visually obvious. AlphaGlass can become part of the product surface itself.
Depending on the application, photovoltaic films can be engineered toward surfaces that are:
Uniform
A consistent visual field.
Semitransparent
Light and energy can share the same surface.
Finish-matched
Power generation integrates with the surrounding product language.
AlphaGlass is also manufactured differently.
A photovoltaic formulation is blended and then coated onto glass or film at low temperature.
Fewer transformations. Lower-temperature processing. A more agile manufacturing architecture.
Crystalline silicon
- Purify
- →Grow
- →Saw
- →Process
- →Assemble
AlphaGlass
- Formulate
- →Coat
Full-scale capacity online in an ISO 9001 facility.
Products can now generate the power they run on.
From material to product
Built to integrate.
AlphaGlass is designed to move energy generation into products and surfaces.
Available surface area, expected light conditions, and device power requirements all shape what that integration can look like.
Use the Surface Calculator to explore how AlphaGlass could fit into your application.
Technical resources
Go deeper.
Qualification reports and performance data for engineering teams. Publishing soon.
IEC TS 63163 Qualification
Design qualification and type approval
Notify me when availableLead-Release Test Report
Containment and safety testing
Notify me when availableSpectral Response Data
AlphaGlass across indoor and outdoor spectra
Notify me when available
Put light to work.
See what AlphaGlass can do with the surface area your product already has.
Buy AlphaGlass Tinker evaluation modules