Perovskite Tandem Solar: Breaking the 30% Efficiency Limit #351

About this episode

Joel Jean discusses the advancements in perovskite tandem solar technology and its potential to surpass the efficiency limits of silicon solar.

Silicon solar is approaching a hard physical efficiency ceiling at 30%. Perovskite tandem solar is the only proven path through it. Joel Jean, CEO of Swift Solar, explains the technology, what the Meyer Burger acquisition brings, and where tandems sit on the road to commercial scale. After seven decades, silicon solar is closing in on its physical efficiency limit, and no previous thin-film technology has been able to outperform it at competitive cost. Joel Jean, CEO and co-founder of Swift S...

People in this episode

Hosts: Tim Montague, John Weaver

Guest: Joel Jean

Topics covered

• solar energy
• efficiency
• technology
• business
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• perovskite
• tandem solar
• efficiency limit
• silicon solar
• commercial scale

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Swift Solar, Meyer Burger

Products: Perovskite tandem solar, silicon solar

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