{"id":135083,"date":"2024-11-04T07:58:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T05:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/silicon-solar-panels-are-hitting-their-limit-this-uk-lab-is-making-perovskite-the-next-big-thing\/"},"modified":"2024-11-04T07:58:01","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T05:58:01","slug":"silicon-solar-panels-are-hitting-their-limit-this-uk-lab-is-making-perovskite-the-next-big-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/silicon-solar-panels-are-hitting-their-limit-this-uk-lab-is-making-perovskite-the-next-big-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Silicon solar panels are hitting their limit. This UK lab is making perovskite the next big thing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135083\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>The \u2018tipping point\u2019 for perovskite-on-silicon solar cells is here: What can these new panels do?<br \/>\nRooftops and \u2018flying wings\u2019 could be fitted with these more powerful perovskite-on-silicon solar panels. Tucked away on the outskirts of Oxford, the solar R&amp;D centre looks like any other drab industrial unit in the October sun. But for green energy enthusiasts, Oxford PV\u2019s lab is as exciting as Charlie\u2019s Chocolate Factory.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of solar cells are dished out to scientists at the start of the day, who set to work experimenting: tweaking their composition, stress-testing them in climate chambers, and zooming in on microscopes to separate the good cells from the bad. Their secret ingredient? Perovskite, a crystal structure that increases the efficiency of solar panels when overlaid on traditional silicon cells. Oxford PV, which evolved out of a University of Oxford research project and has a factory near Berlin, is leading the way on perovskite-on-silicon tandem solar cell manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s in good company in the Oxford Pioneer Park, where experts are also hard at work on electric motors and nuclear fusion. Oxford PV is now reaping the benefits of being ahead of the curve on perovskite, with broad intellectual property rights and a deal with a US utility company in the bag.<\/p>\n<p>No one needs convincing that the future features a great deal of solar energy. As well as being better for the climate and energy security, solar and wind are now the cheapest ways to add electricity generation in almost every country. But traditional silicon solar cells are bumping up against their efficiency limit of around 26 per cent sunlight converted into electrical energy. \u201cWe\u2019re in the middle of the last wave of solar dying, whether that be in Europe due to Chinese competition or in the US due to the failure of some of the new thin-film PV companies,\u201d Oxford PV CEO David Ward tells Euronews Green.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2024\/11\/03\/silicon-solar-panels-are-hitting-their-limit-this-uk-lab-is-making-perovskite-the-next-big\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2024\/11\/03\/silicon-solar-panels-are-hitting-their-limit-this-uk-lab-is-making-perovskite-the-next-big\">Euronews Green<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/environmental-news-en\/silicon-solar-panels-are-hitting-their-limit-this-uk-lab-is-making-perovskite-the-next-big-thing\/\">Silicon solar panels are hitting their limit. 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