The following is a sponsored post by MBRAUN
Germany-based inert gas leading solutions provider MBRAUN is offering a wide range of solutions for the perovskite industry, ranging from R&D systems to full-industrial solutions. One of the company’s customers, KAUST University in Saudi Arabia, recently announced a word record with the help of MBRAUN systems.
Erkan Aydin, Professor and Researcher Scientist at KAUST, says: “In two months' time, we've set a new world record for perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells - again! With our latest update, perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells have reached impressive 33.7% certified power conversion efficiency, surpassing our previous milestone of 33.2%. We hope that our new achievement will contribute to accelerating the green energy transition. The recent champion cell was certified at European Solar Test Installation (ESTI) Center.”
New efficiency world record, June 2023
Only in the beginning of April, researchers from the KAUST Photovoltaic Laboratory (KPV-Lab) at the KAUST Solar Center produced a perovskite/silicon tandem solar cell with a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 33.2 %, topping the world record recently set by the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB).
New efficiency world record in the NREL charts
Under the leadership of Dr Stefaan De Wolf, Deputy Director of the KAUST Solar Energy Center, the KPV Lab team has been actively working since 2016 to continuously develop the concept of perovskite/silicon tandem cells.
A tandem perovskite-silicon device (source KAUST Solar Center)
"This new record, the highest PCE of any dual-junction solar cell under non-concentrated light, demonstrates the great promise of perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells to deliver ultra-high performance photovoltaic modules, which are essential for achieving fast.”, said Dr Stefaan De Wolf.
The top research facility of the KAUST Solar Energy Center has chosen MBRAUN gloveboxes to accompany their research on perovskite cells in order to have a stable inert gas atmosphere with a moisture and oxygen content of <1 ppm when researching perovskite cells.
KAUST Solar Center
Lab director Abdulrahman Ellabban quotes: „I have been working in the KAUST Solar Center for 12 years now, we have around 30 Gloveboxes all from MBRAUN. We use them in Nitrogen environment with different kind of equipment inside. We also buy all the spare parts for the gloveboxes from MBRAUN and everything is going very smoothly. In the Gloveboxes we have spin coaters, blade coaters, solar simulators, thermal evaporators, heat plates and many more tools that we use for nanofabrication of electronic devices. “
KAUST Solar Center
For many years, MBRAUN has been supplying research institutions and industrial customers worldwide with gloveboxes, PVD systems and other process equipment in the field of perovskite research. With a lot of experience and know-how, the systems are continuously improved in order to continue to be a reliable partner in leading research.