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Perovskites continue to clear hurdles

As laboratory world records attest, perovskite PV continues to develop at pace, and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) is responsible for many such records. Rutger Schlatmann, head of the renewable division at HZB, sets out how, beyond efficiency, a number of key obstacles to commercialization are being steadily overcome.

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pv magazine

25 May 2020

Source: Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB)

Perovskites are not the first technology to be hyped in photovoltaics. There has been amorphous silicon, dye-sensitized solar cells, and organic photovoltaics, to name but three. None of them made a lasting contribution to today’s PV market. This time, however, things may be different. Perovskite PV is efficient, and low-cost, and the material does not …

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