Imagine creating solar panels without relying on materials in short supply and adopting an eco-friendlier production process. And at the same time boosting efficiency? Enter perovskite tandem solar cells—an innovation that has long held the promise of revolutionizing the solar energy landscape. But where are they in their development, and could they truly represent the future of solar panel technology? #planeta #perovskite #solarenergy We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess. Follow Planet A on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dw_planeta?lang=en Credits: Reporter: Kai Steinecke Camera and video editor: Neven Hillebrands Superivising Editors: Joanna Gottschalk, Kiyo Dörrer Thanks go to Frank Nowroth (Oxford PV) who gave insights into commercial-scale deployment of tandem solar cells and to Sum Tze Chien (NTU Singapore) for additional background on tandem solar cells encapsulation. Read more: Efficiencies Silicon Solar Cells https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187661021300043X, https://www.nrel.gov/pv/assets/pdfs/best-research-cell-efficiencies.pdf Eurpoe’s PEPPERONI project https://pepperoni-project.eu/ Outdoor performance test perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666386423000395 Degradation Silicon Solar Cells https://www.nrel.gov/state-local-tribal/blog/posts/stat-faqs-part2-lifetime-of-pv-panels.html, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-40168-8#Sec8 Cost Declination Solar Energy https://mc-cd8320d4-36a1-40ac-83cc-3389-cdn-endpoint.azureedge.net/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2023/Aug/IRENA_Renewable_power_generation_costs_in_2022.pdf?rev=cccb713bf8294cc5bec3f870e1fa15c2 Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:28 What is Perovskite? 03:30 Perovskite Solar Cell 06:15 Perovskite’s Challenges 09:11 Economical Problems 10:40 Conclusion