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The cells of the future

The annual SiliconPV Conference came to TU Delft in the Netherlands in April, and offered an important health check for the science and technology behind solar energy. pv magazine was on site to hear the latest from researchers reaching for higher efficiency through tandem cells and other innovations; looking to understand and mitigate cell degradation mechanisms; and working to cut down solar technology’s consumption of rare and expensive materials.

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Mark Hutchins

03 May 2023

SiliconPV came to the Aula Conference Center at TU Delft, where solar’s consumption of rare and expensive materials, tandem PV, industrial ties, and potential degradation were hot topics. | Photo: pv magazine/Mark Hutchins

Discussions at this year’s SiliconPV conference were held with a sense of urgency. The event coincided with the publication of a paper in Science by leading figures in the global solar industry and research community, titled “Photovoltaics at terawatt scale: Waiting is not an option.”Drawing on this publication in his opening speech, conference chair Arthur Weeber, of …

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