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From Russia WIth Love: Perovskite could reduce solar costs by 75%<\/p><\/div>\n

One of the many advantages of solar energy is its charge down the cost curve as new technologies outstrip old in performance and cost. This week at SQHQ we’re dusting off the crystal ball and looking into the future of solar power. Specifically we’ll be checking out perovskite; the “new kid on the block” (with all the rave reviews). Perovskite is considered to have the potential to replace silicon in solar cells.<\/p>\n

What is perovskite though? Not a Russian KGB asset as your correspondent first thought but a mineral which was discovered in the Ural Mountains in 1839. However it is only recently that researchers have found the substance can be used as an efficient conductor of sunlight. Eminent science teams around the world are now racing to produce perovskite cells to a level of efficiency at conducting electricity as silicon.<\/p>\n

While the science as to why this is so is a little complex, it involves nanoparticles and diffusion and things and therefore beyond your humble correspondent scope (no truth in the rumour that I was approached for a job in the science ministry by the way), the key point is one that all solar fans understand. That the current cost of producing solar cells could be brought down by as much as three quarters by using perovskite.<\/p>\n

The claim is made in the respected Science journal by Henry Snaith on behalf of his team of researchers at the UK\u2019s eminent Oxford University<\/a>. Snaith claims an efficiency of around 15 percent \u2014 an improvement of the 10 percent usually reached by silicon. But wait there\u2019s more (as they say in the steak knife commercials) as this Economist article of 28 October<\/a> reports Snaith has predicted a rise to 25 percent in the near future.<\/p>\n

As discussed in the beginning of the rant the rapidly cost efficient nature of solar cell technology is making the clean energy alternative more accessible. Previously considered to be the preserve of the elites (mostly because of the high cost) solar narks’ continued attempts to paint solar energy as only for the rich already belongs in the realm of ancient history. This will only be accelerated of course should the claims of perovskite come to fruition.<\/p>\n

However there is of course one further major point to be made. With perovskite leading the way as the latest breakthrough, the advantages of solar energy that is both cheap and clean is that the sector will rely less and less on fickle government subsidies. We at SQHQ have been banging on about this for years. We’ve ranted about the federal and state chair polishers (sorry politicians) seeming to enjoy holding the renewable energy sector to ransom. I’m talking here of the making available of solar subsidies and then withdrawing them at will (and I\u2019m looking at you Newman, O\u2019Farrell et al).<\/p>\n

Will bringing down the cost of solar cells by three quarters (as predicted) contribute to the freeing up of any reliance on the state for funding and incentives? The breaking of the shackles? We\u2019d like your opinion on this potential breakthrough either here or over at our Facebook Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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The new technology will dramatically boost the humidity tolerance of the cells, the lack of which was previously considered a stumbling block to commercialisation. \"We invented a dipping technique capable of functionalising\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Solar Innovations"","block_context":{"text":"Solar Innovations","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-innovations\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"perovskite structure ","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/perovskite-solar.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/perovskite-solar.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/perovskite-solar.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/perovskite-solar.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":88752,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/jinkosolar-perovskite-record-mb3091\/","url_meta":{"origin":3020,"position":4},"title":"Jinko’s Perovskite PV Progress – Another New Record","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"January 9, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Chinese solar manufacturer JinkoSolar has claimed another world record for solar efficiency, this one related to development of its N-type monocrystalline TOPCon-based perovskite tandem solar cell. 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