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Perovskites hit the home stretch

Microquanta Semiconductor holds a 17.25% efficiency record for a relatively large-area perovskite module and wants to build a production facility with fresh capital from investors. pv magazine takes a look at the Chinese startup and some of the basic questions surrounding the technology.

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Michael Fuhs

16 Sep 2019

Microquanta | Image: Microquanta

Buyi Yan does not lack self-confidence, as he showed during a recent discussion at SNEC 2019 in Shanghai – and perhaps with good reason. Largely out of view of the Western world, Microquanta Semiconductor – which Yan co-founded four years ago in Hangzhou, China – has set an efficiency record for a perovskite module, and …

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