Real-world test of perovskite solar modules in Cyprus generates international press coverage

Real-world test of perovskite solar modules in Cyprus generates international press coverage

The ground-breaking work of our fellow PHAETHONITES, working alongside colleagues at Imec and the University of Cyprus, as outlined in a journal article published in ACS Energy Letters (2024, 9, 10, 5081–5091), has generated extensive press coverage from reputable publications in the field, including pv magazine, R&D World, Bits&Chips, Semiconductor Digest, eeNews Europe, Power Electronics News, and EE Journal.

The article on “Diurnal Changes and Machine Learning Analysis of Perovskite Modules Based on Two Years of Outdoor Monitoring” was authored by Vasiliki Paraskeva, Matthew Norton, Andreas Livera, Andreas Kyprianou, Maria Hadjipanayi, Elias Peraticos, Aranzazu Aguirre, Santhosh Ramesh, Tamara Merckx, Rita Ebner, Tom Aernouts, Anurag Krishna, and George E. Georghiou.

The findings analysed in the article represent a leap for photovoltaic research, demonstrating long-term outdoor stability of perovskite solar modules. More specifically, mini-modules, measuring 4 cm2 and developed at imo-imomec Hasselt University and imec/EnergyVille in Belgium, were comprehensively evaluated over two years in real-world conditions in Cyprus, with a remarkable power efficiency retention of 78 percent after one year. These promising findings are among the first real-world results to address the stability issues that currently hinder perovskite solar cells from commercialization.

Moreover, thanks to the long-term outdoor measurements at the University of Cyprus, a consistent pattern of performance degradation during the day and overnight recovery was also discovered. This will be further tested moving forward. Indeed, to gain deeper insights into degradation behaviour across different climate zones, the modules will also be evaluated in the rainy climate of Brussels, the arid desert of New Mexico, and the moderate climates of Madrid and Freiburg.

The findings are described in full in the ACS Energy Letters journal article, which can be found here: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsenergylett.4c01943.

This work has been financed by the European Union through the TESTARE project (Grant ID: 101079488), European Regional Development Fund, and the Republic of Cyprus through the DegradationLab project (Grant ID: INFRA-STRUCTURES/1216/0043), and the European Union’s Horizon2020 Research and Innovation Programme (grant N°101006715).

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