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Perovskite technology – beyond efficiency records

Technological innovation in PV is taking place in the context of extreme price competition among solar manufacturers, writes Karl Melkonyan, senior analyst for solar demand at IHS Markit. This, he argues, explains the focus on lowering manufacturing costs, increasing efficiencies, and reducing losses at all stages of the manufacturing process.

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pv magazine

09 Mar 2020

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The average efficiency of commercial silicon modules has improved in recent years, in the range of 0.3–0.4 percentage points per year. These efficiency gains have taken place in a very competitive environment, since module prices have fallen by more than 70% in the past six years alone.However, since mainstream technologies, such as p-type passivated emitter …

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