play a major role in helping us achieve our sustainability goals by harnessing the sun’s abundant energy and converting it into clean electricity.
issues. There’s also been a lack of comprehensive outdoor testing to prove their viability in the real world — until now.
, and the results are promising.
“The most durable mini-module maintained 78% of its initial efficiency after one year,” the researchers shared in the report. There was a nominal drop of 7-8% efficiency during the initial burn-in period, but it soon leveled out.
include moisture, UV light exposure, and temperature, but according to the study, much of the previous testing had been done in controlled indoor environments.
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that these elements were overlooked by other studies.
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to gauge how well the model matches observed data.
“Our predictive model, focusing on essential environmental parameters, accurately forecasted the power output of mini-modules with a 6.76% nRMSE, indicating its potential to predict the lifetime of perovskite-based devices,” the researchers wrote.
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