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Our recent results demonstrate indoor power conversion efficiencies significantly exceeding outdoor values, with a benchmark approaching 7% under standard indoor lighting. Crucially, both absorber families are compatible with scalable, air-processed ultrasonic spray coating and with carbon electrodes derived from up-cycled waste as hole selective contacts, enabling fully printable, metal-free and circular devices. VIPER will focus on indoor-specific optimization of device architectures, scale-up of air-based processing in collaboration with the Center for Hybrid and Organic Solar Energy (CHOSE, University of Rome Tor Vergata) and protection/valorization of the emerging intellectual property through patenting and early market validation. Target applications include autonomous sensors, smart buildings and low-power consumer electronics. By combining indoor-optimized performance, sustainable materials and scalable manufacturing, VIPER addresses a clear market gap and lays the foundation for a new generation of commercially deployable indoor photovoltaics.