Imagine creating solar panels without relying on materials in short supply and adopting an eco-friendlier production process. And at the same time boosting efficiency? Enter perovskite tandem solar cells—an innovation that has long held the promise of revolutionizing the solar energy landscape. But where are they in their development, and could they truly represent the future of solar panel technology?

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Credits:
Reporter: Kai Steinecke
Camera and video editor: Neven Hillebrands
Superivising Editors: Joanna Gottschalk, Kiyo Dörrer

Thanks go to Frank Nowroth (Oxford PV) who gave insights into commercial-scale deployment of tandem solar cells and to Sum Tze Chien (NTU Singapore) for additional background on tandem solar cells encapsulation.

Read more:
Efficiencies Silicon Solar Cells https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...,
https://www.nrel.gov/pv/assets/pdfs/b...
Eurpoe’s PEPPERONI project https://pepperoni-project.eu/
Outdoor performance test perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
Degradation Silicon Solar Cells https://www.nrel.gov/state-local-trib..., https://www.nature.com/articles/s4159...
Cost Declination Solar Energy
https://mc-cd8320d4-36a1-40ac-83cc-33...

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:28 What is Perovskite?
03:30 Perovskite Solar Cell
06:15 Perovskite’s Challenges
09:11 Economical Problems
10:40 Conclusion