The team discovered that a form of perovskite, one of the newest materials in solar research due to
its high power conversion efficiency, works surprisingly well as a reversible photoactive semiconductor material that can be switched between a transparent state and a non-transparent state, without degrading its electronic properties.
With simple processing techniques, solar cells with
high power conversion efficiencies can be fabricated at low cost.
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Dr Sylvain Nicolay, CHEOPS project coordinator, commented «Given their low cost and
high -
power conversion efficiency, perovskite solar cells have gained attention in recent years.
Photovoltaic (PV) cells manufactured on glass achieved the
highest power outputs reported for a PV technology under typical 200 - 400 lx indoor LED illumination with maximum
power densities of MPD = 41.6 µW / cm2 at 400 lx (and
power conversion efficiencies, PCE, of 27 %).
Even without clean energy, the electric car is more efficient overall because of the
higher conversion efficiency of modern
power plants compared to the internal combustion engine.
We report single - and tandem - waveguide organic solar concentrators with quantum
efficiencies exceeding 50 % and projected
power conversion efficiencies as
high as 6.8 %.