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Hacking PV production, an der Havel

The regional train line from Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Brandenburg an der Havel is a far cry from the crowded CalTrain linking San Francisco with Silicon Valley. But as pv magazine discovered as it hopped on board last month, perovskite PV development is reviving hopes for solar manufacturing in the region – hacker style.

By

Jonathan Gifford

13 May 2019

Vertical deposition is a hangover from the previous CIGS deposition tooling. | Image: Oxford PV

For more than five years Chris Case has carried with him a carefully wrapped piece of perovskite PV. And given a chance, the Oxford PV CTO will gently unwrap the solar cell from its bubble wrap and proudly present its iridescent purple and blue hues. “Perovskite only involves a few steps,” says Case unfurling the …

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