This article is an extract from The Perovskite Handbook, 2020 edition, and explains the current market status of Perovskites Solar Panels.

Solar Panels is the most prominent potential perovskite application, as synthetic perovskites are recognized as inexpensive base materials for high-efficiency commercial photovoltaics. Perovskite PVs are constantly undergoing research and improvement, going from just 2% in 2006 to over 23% today, and constantly improving. Experts forecast that the market for perovskite PV will reach $214 million in 2025.

Power efficiency is obviously a key metric for solar power technologies. In this article we'll explain how solar system efficiency is defined and the current power efficiency market status of PSCs.

Germany-based in-situ metrology system maker LayTec has announced that its new InspiRe system applies high-speed in-situ reflectance measurements for monitoring perovskite thin-film formations during spin-coating and subsequent annealing.

In collaboration with professor Norbert Nickel's group at HZB, LayTec designed the InspiRe in-situ metrology system, which was applied to monitor both spin-coating and annealing. Gathering data at a time resolution on the millisecond scale allows resolving of the kinetics and phase formations during film formation.

Perovskite-Info is happy to announce the 2020 edition of The Perovskite Handbook. This book is a comprehensive guide to perovskite materials, applications and industry. Perovskites are an exciting class of materials that feature a myriad of exciting properties and are considered the future of solar cells, displays, sensors, LEDs and more. The handbook is now updated to January 2020 and lists recent developments and new companies, initiatives and research activities.

Reading this book, you'll learn all about:

• Different perovskite materials, their properties and structure
• How perovskites can be made, tuned and used
• What kinds of applications perovskites may be suitable for
• What the obstacles on the way to a perovskite revolution are
• Perovskite solar cells, their merits and challenges
• The state of the perovskite market, potential and future

2019 is soon over - and it was and interesting year for the perovskite industry - with some initial signs of commercialization as actual production capacity is being finally built and some novel research activities.

Here are the top 10 stories posted on Perovskite-Info in 2019, ranked by popularity (i.e. how many people read the story):

1. HZB team achieves 21.6% efficiency for perovskite CIGS tandem solar cell (Feb 5)
2. Perovskite-based quantum dots - a guest post by Ossila (Jan 7)
3. DoE announces $130 Million for early-stage solar research project (Mar 27)
4. Researchers reduce reflection losses and reach 25.2% conversion efficiency in perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells (Feb 22)
5. Novel method creates high-quality crystalline and stable FAPbI3 perovskite thin films (Mar 24)
6. Chinese researchers create efficient perovskite-based solar cells using Graphdiyne, a unique carbon material (Jan 10)
7. Perovskite solar cell developer Swift Solar raises $4.6 million (Jan 1)
8. Researchers characterize structural defects in perovskites (Nov 26)
9. Oxford PV raises £31 Million funding (Mar 17)
10. Oxford PV and Meyer Burger enter strategic partnership (Mar 24)

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In December 2018, Greatcell Solar declared bankruptcy, a sad ending to a once promising perovskite venture. However, prior to this bankruptcy (in September 2018), the Production Division of Greatcell Solar was sold off, in a new business called Greatcell Solar Materials (GSM).

GSM manufactures and supplies its products like perovskite precursors, silver inks, various dopants and more to the scientific community. The company's general manager, Dr. Yanek Hebting, kindly agreed to answer some of our questions regarding GSM's business and technology.

2018 is soon over - and it was another exciting year for the perovskite industry. We've seen many new research advances, but more importantly , we are starting to see first signs of commercialization. 2018 was also an exciting year for Perovskite-Info, as we have experienced significant growth and published our Perovskite Handbook - which demonstrates positive sales and feedback.

Here are the top 10 stories posted on Perovskite-Info in 2018, ranked by popularity (i.e. how many people read the story):

1. Microquanta reaches 17.9% efficiency for perovskite solar mini-module (Jul 3)
2. Saule Technologies' perovskite-based solar panels headed for commercial implementation by building company Skanska (Jan 17)
3. Greatcell Solar announces bankruptcy (Dec 11)
4. Berkeley team creates perovskite material for smart photovoltaic windows (Jan 23)
5. Novel microscopic analysis of perovskite solar cells deepens understanding of their degradation (Jan 17)
6. Solliance and ECN make great strides in improving tandem solar cells (Mar 21)
7. Oxford PV sets new record with perovskite tandem solar cells with 27.3% conversion efficiency (Jun 26)
8. Duke team develops a method to create hybrid thin-film materials (Jan 4)
9. Researchers demonstrate controlled epitaxial growth of all inorganic lead-free halide perovskites (Apr 2)
10. New titanium-based material shows promise for lead-free perovskite-based PV (Feb 14)

Quantum Dots are used today in the display industry to enhance the quality and efficiency of LCD-based displays, most notably in TVs (one example is Samsung's premium QLED TV range). While these are still LCD displays enhanced by QDs, quantum dots also have the larger potential to create truly emissive displays (QD-LED) which could compete with OLEDs and even surpass them in quality, efficiency and ease of production.

Several companies (including Samsung, BOE, LG, CSoT and others) are indeed developing QD-LED displays (Samsung, interestingly, is preparing to kick-start hybrid QD-OLED TV pilot production next year). Apple is not left behind, and the company is already known to be looking into QD-LED technologies.

Perovskite-Info is proud to present The Perovskite Handbook. This book is a comprehensive guide to perovskite materials, applications and industry. Perovskites are materials that share a similar structure, which display a myriad of exciting properties and are considered the future of solar cells, displays, sensors, lasers and more.

Reading this book, you'll learn all about:

• Different perovskite materials, their properties and structure
• How perovskites can be made, tuned and used
• What kinds of applications perovskites may be suitable for
• What the obstacles on the way to a perovskite revolution are
• Perovskite solar cells, their merits and challenges
• The state of the perovskite market, potential and future

Saudi Arabia-based Quantum Solutions demonstrated its perovskite quantum dots (with a focus on its green-colored ones) at SID Displayweek 2018, in addition to its Lead-Sulfide (PbS) QDs.

Quantum Solutions says it uses a flow reactor to create uniform and high-quality QDs at high yields and minimal waste. The company also develops encapsulation technology to protect the perovskite QDs. Their current materials have a lifetime of around 8,000 hours.