How Record Breaking Perovskites Are Here NOW

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Chapters
00:54 - From Concept to Lab Bench
03:02 - Oxford PV's Approach
08:07 - Viability & The Future
10:02 - Other Perovskite Advancements
13:42 - Perovskite's Future

[SteveSiegelin]

The fact that a large US solar farm has bought them to compare them to the older panels by setting the two units up really does excite me. That means that we will get a real world comparison of performance.

[estraume]

As an engineer, I will always favor solar over wind power due to the fact that solar can be build without moving parts. Long term reliability with full recycling and reuse of all materials at end of life would also be important seen from a sustainability point of view.

[clarkcampbell]

I’ve been following Oxford PV for nearly 15 years. Amazed it took so long, but they’re finally shipping panels!
🎉

[VernIverson]

Xcel Energy is building a massive solar plant 8 miles west of us in Becker Minnesota. It will be the 5th largest solar plant so far in the US. It is built on 5000 acres of land owned by Xcel and was in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). Our Elk River energy commission took a tour last month and Xcel mentioned a new type of solar panel was being purchased along with the 550 Watt panels they are installing. They mentioned a 800 Watt panel was what they were looking at. Maybe Perovskites is what they are using?

[skully]

Solar Engineer here - REC's Alpha Pure RX panel uses Heterojunction (HJT) cell technology. It is arguably the most advanced widely available solar panel. Its degradation is already at 90+% at year 25. When it comes to this the panel quality of manufacture ie "will it fall apart" is more important than degradation because its minimal.

What is more important is W/m2 which reduces costs aside from the cost of the solar itself and allows more wattage when area is restricted. REC have 22.1% module efficiency with the module we're installing right now.

A panel with 20.0% module efficiency is 200W/m2 and a panel with 22.1% module efficiency equates to 221W/m2.

[Crackalacking_Z]

Props for the Rush Hour clip, it made me smile :)

[junkerzn]

Definitely progress. Not sure I would move it up the pyramid yet, but having whole modules out in the field is a good step. In my mind, the true game-changer is when modules reach 30% with at least a 15-year life-span above 25%. They are competing with high-end silicon modules whos degradation rates are already sitting at only 0.2% a year.

Also, with all due respect to RICE University, anything with Lead, particularly in-solution or paint-on, is a big Ixnay.

-Matt

[AdvantestInc]

Tandem cells breaking through efficiency limits is a game-changer for solar tech. It's exciting to see how material innovation like perovskites is helping us push past traditional boundaries in renewables.

[johnparchman]

At the end of the day, it will come down to $$$/watt x durability. We don't lack for area to put panels, we lack for affordability.

[shadwyenigma]

I think explaining why improved efficiency is important was missed out of the video. Improved efficiency allows reduced land use, fewer materials needed to produce 1kW of power, lower deployment costs, and therefore reducing the overall costs of green energy while reducing the impact on the environment.

[derloos]

OMG, an ATP t-shirt? I had to rub my eyes twice!!

[chlistens]

I watched both the videos. Yes it sounds nice to see the improvement and seeing that they are almost available to everyone.

Remember when people complain on 24% sounds low... well only 17-21% of the energy from Gas is converted into moving a car.

I love to see every type of new panel and such. I am still hopping that Window cells will become cheap enough to use standard

[ernestolaureanopineiro]

That reminds me about LED; at first was a bright warm lite and 12vdc, reduce the voltage stimulus to 5vdc, still warm lite emission until they started to combine other molecules and a surtant amount of phosphorus was added, wow what a bright cool white emission of LED. The same thing will happen combining kind of molecules or chemicals that will endure Perovskites, great innovation. 🙏👍

[Iprofessshirk]

Current silicone tech is not the factories in China are currently pumping out 22-23% efficiency cells. This is a pretty modest bump up to 24.5%. While I love to see improvements, lets not overstate them....and the question is "at what price"?

[chintanvyas]

I have been eyeing to work on this project, and the last line as Oxford pv is looking to work alongside third parties made me feel joyed like it's best news to hear on Christmas. I was wishing to introduce this tech in India as they have huge market in solar energy and government provides loads of subsidy for it.

[Snaakie]

Fraunhofer is a huge player in science, i remember the name since they were basically responsible for MP3/H264&mpeg4

[__DexJames__]

Tech is moving so quickly, some brilliant minds out there. Thanks for making this video. We are headed for a four year hiccup in advancements but I think the market place will prevail.

[bogganalseryd]

We need em cheap for the private sector

[tactrixh]

I'm very excited by this technology, and looking forward to it being utilized world wide to replace the traditional silicon panels.

[HansMilling]

Increasing efficiency is a game changer for Nordic countries where solar cells can’t produce enough in the few hours of sunlight we have during winter, to power the house during the evening. On a winter day with sun, only 1/5th is generated compared to a summer day. Adding clouds, haze, fog and it’s close to zero. So increasing efficiency by a large factor like this, is a game changer.