Today’s solar panels are not a match for everything that the future holds. Solar panels will improve in both power generation, storage, and wallet impact.
Any Littleton, CO homeowner holding back on solar panels might be in the right position because they can get any of the following future-oriented solar technologies.
Silicon-Perovskite Fusion
Perovskite is a much cheaper alternative to silicon solar panels. Plus, it can produce much more energy than silicon panels.
Perovskite cells are fully compatible with curved roofs. However, silicon has flexibility challenges that became an adoption stopping point for many homeowners.
In the near future, we may see silicon-perovskite fusion cells that provide two or three times more energy than traditional solar panels.
Massive Customization
New technologies promise further power generation and storage. Plus, Perovskite’s flexibility offers great customization advances. Currently, solar panels are a one-size-fits-all approach that we measure according to the roofing dimensions available.
In the future, many roofs can have solar panels with reduced waste material that massive solar panel customization can offer.
Much More Affordable
Lastly, solar panels will become much more affordable because Perovskite is an affordable material. Now, homeowners in Littleton, CO, won’t have to spend a small fortune using the sun as their main energy source.
TNO has a great post about Perovskite and many researchers’ in-depth studies about the materials. Read more about them below.
The mineral perovskite, which is named after the Russian mineralogist Count Lev Perovski, was only used in solar cells for the first time in 2009. Since then, an ever-increasing energy yield of these so-called perovskite solar cells has been demonstrated in scientific laboratories. We are currently working on scaling up this young and promising technology.
A few years ago, perovskite solar cells already demonstrated an efficiency comparable to that of the best Si solar cells. Expectations for this thin film PV technology are therefore high. There are many indications that these perovskite solar cells can form a good tandem with the traditional c-Si solar panels.
BENEFITS OF PEROVSKITE
The use of perovskite as a semiconductor in PV modules has important advantages:
The raw materials required to produce this semiconductor perovskite are very cheap.
What’s more, you only need a very thin layer of perovskite in a solar cell, resulting in even lower material costs.
Perovskite can be applied with a relatively simple deposition process (the application of the layers on a given substrate), so that no expensive machines are required.
The perovskite layers can be deposited at low temperatures, which also keeps production costs low.
In addition, relatively little energy is needed to make a perovskite cell and so the solar cell quickly recovers the energy it took to make the cell. (Continued)
If you have yet to find a dependable roofer for solar panel installations in Littleton, CO, you can always count on us at Roper Roofing & Solar. Contact us today to learn more about everything that we can do for you.
