Highly efficient and versatile

Highly efficient and versatile

The first solar cells made from a perovskite material were only produced a good ten years ago. Since then, the researchers have increased efficiency by more than 20 percentage points.
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Solar cells for roofs, motion detectors, irrigation systems, smart home applications - photovoltaics with perovskite materials are on the way from the laboratory to everyday life.

by FRANK FRICK

If the organic-inorganic perovskites gain widespread commercial acceptance, the Nobel Prize will be within reach.” Michael Saliba, Director of the Institute for Photovoltaics

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