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Oxford PV Raises Additional £8.1m In Equity Funding For Perovskite Commercialization

Oxford Photovoltaics, a leading pioneer in perovskite solar technology, has attracted an additional £8.1 million in equity funding, essentially doubling the amount of Series C investment funding, and has announced a Joint Development Agreement with “a major solar panel manufacturer.” A large amount of this new funding comes from three new “strategic … [continued]

Perovskites: The Future of PV?

By Sam Stranks A new material has entered the emerging low-cost photovoltaics arena and is threatening to blow much of the existing competition away. Power conversion efficiencies (how efficiently incident sunlight is converted to electrical power) in perovskite-based solar cells have increased from a starting point of 3.8% in 2009 to a staggering … [continued]