The group's principal activity is to develop thin-film, copper-indium-gallium-selenide solar cell, known as a cigs solar cell, for the direct conversion of sunlight into electricity. It is also developing a high-volume manufacturing process that could reduce the cost of solar cell production and reduce the cost of solar electricity. Prototypes of cigs cells, produced in batches in the laboratory, have been used on a test basis by the United States air force research laboratory and dutch space b.v. The group operates in the domestic market.
