China’s Solar Dominance Faces New Rival: An Ultrathin Film

cyd , 6 months ago

Perovskites are the solar tech of the future, and they always will be.

abhibeckert , 6 months ago

Except for the part where they need to be encapsulated in a fully air tight glass container, since they degrade relatively quickly when exposed to regular air.

silence7 OP , 6 months ago

Per the article:

Sekisui Chemical, a supplier to display makers, is tackling the moisture issue. It says it has developed sealants that allow its cells to last 10 years.

Not nearly as good as silicon, but perhaps good enough for a lot of applications

NegativeInf , 6 months ago

Hell, by the time the first ones need replacing, something better will have come along to do the job better and cheaper.

yesdogishere , 6 months ago

Micro fusion reactors are already here. We plugged one into our toilet and we can do mini orbits.

surewhynotlem , 6 months ago

I think the point of his post was “and they ALWAYS will be”

werefreeatlast , 6 months ago

Maybe we could use abnormal air like farts for example?

Mango , 6 months ago

So they’ll never be in the present?

Mojojojo1993 , 6 months ago

Until one day. Maybe they will exist. Until then. Next big thing. Next big thing Next.big.thing

Mango , 6 months ago

China’s near-monopoly on the solar-energy market

I’m out. There’s no such fucking thing. Dog whistles everywhere.

themurphy , 6 months ago

But… They do? It’s not the energy. It’s the production and materials used for making solar that China has a near-monopoly on.

Adubya , 6 months ago

Buffalo (Buffalo Billion) funded a deal with the Solar City to make panels & they outfit couldn’t make a customer appealing panel color or compete with the quickly dropping price of Chinese imports. Even after Telsa took over his cousins operation they had the same trouble when even trying to adapt it to roof tiles so to satisfy the obligation for employment numbers they just had workers improve their Mapping systems.