{"id":377,"date":"2021-04-20T08:19:15","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T08:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pscsolaruk.com\/blog\/?p=377"},"modified":"2021-04-20T08:19:15","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T08:19:15","slug":"can-this-mineral-with-an-obscure-backstory-revolutionize-solar-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pscsolaruk.com\/blog\/can-this-mineral-with-an-obscure-backstory-revolutionize-solar-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Can this mineral with an obscure backstory revolutionize solar power?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When the Biden administration announced in late March a $128 million initiative<\/a> to improve the costs of solar<\/a> power, a significant chunk of the money went to research into materials named after an obscure 19th-century Russian geologist and nobleman: Lev Perovski.<\/p>\n

Among the projects listed: $40 million for research and development into so-called perovskite materials that scientists are using to push the limits of just how efficient and adaptable solar cells can be.<\/p>

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And while perovskites aren’t anything new \u2014 they were first found in Russia\u2019s Ural Mountains in 1839, and they are relatively common \u2014 their more recent applications in solar power technology has sparked hope that humans will use them to better harness the thousands of megawatts of energy from the sun that falls on Earth every hour.<\/p>\n

\u201cPerovskites, I would argue, are one of the most exciting opportunities for solar cells in the immediate future,\u201d said David Mitzi, a professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science a<\/p>\n

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When the Biden administration announced in late March\u00a0a $128 million initiative<\/a> to improve the costs of solar power, a significant chunk of the money went to research into materials named after an obscure 19th-century Russian geologist and nobleman: Lev Perovski.<\/p>
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Among the projects listed: $40 million for research and development into so-called perovskite materials that scientists are using to push the limits of just how efficient and adaptable solar cells can be.<\/p>\n

And while perovskites aren’t anything new \u2014 they were first found in Russia\u2019s Ural Mountains in 1839, and they are relatively common \u2014 their more recent applications in solar power technology has sparked hope that humans will use them to better harness the thousands of megawatts of energy from the sun that falls on Earth every hour.<\/p>

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