Featured in FUTURE PV – 09-2014

High hopes for perovskite

New cell types: As efficiency improvement potential for silicon cells continues its decline, a new material combination has appeared on the horizon. The hype surrounding the new development seems to be justified.

By

Michael Fuhs

15 Sep 2014

Those interested in how innovation is unfolding in the cell research community at present would do well to pay attention to so-called perovskites. Never before has the efficiency of a new solar cell technology increased fivefold in the space of just five years. And there is still no end in sight to the efficiency rally. …

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