Making solar panels more efficient!

The IRA could drive a 10x increase in US demand for utility-scale solar by 2030. This is a huge step towards a fossil-fuel-free future - but it’s no invitation to slow down innovation.

Swift Solar is a California-based startup building solar cells that could boost the efficiency of commercial panels by 50% or more.

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[kirtwwhitehead]

....how do you use "300x less material"?

[frankdelucey]

The life of Perovskite is not as long as regular solar panels. So the tradeoff is they will need to be replaced sooner then regular solar panels and to boot no company has made $$ off of recycling solar panels. Fixing and reselling older diminished solar panels can be had for cheap but there life expectancy is not rated or guaranteed.

[vincent]

Have you seen the people that dig lithium out of the ground? They are in the Congo. Perhaps you should look into that. Also solar panels are not eco friendly. At all. 🧐