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Researchers have developed the first perovskite solar cell with a commercially viable lifetime, marking a major milestone for an emerging class of renewable energy technology.
The team''s prototype solar cell measures one square centimeter in area and produces an open-circuit voltage of 2.19 electron volts, a record for all-perovskite tandem solar cells. Its power-conversion efficiency reached 27.4%, which also breaks the current record for traditional silicon solar cells .
The new technique accurately characterizes electronic materials 85 times faster compared to the standard benchmark approach. The researchers intend to use the technique to speed up the search for promising solar cell materials. They also plan to incorporate the technique into a fully automated materials screening system.
Perovskites hold promise for creating solar panels that could be easily deposited onto most surfaces, including flexible and textured ones. These materials would also be lightweight, cheap to produce, and as efficient as today''s leading photovoltaic materials, which are mainly silicon. They''re the subject of increasing research and