With over 2500 technical papers published in 2017 on the use of perovskite materials for photovoltaic applications, multiple organisations are endeavoring to commercialise this technology. We will review the status of a promising approach which combines a wide bandgap perovskite solar cell with a silicon solar cell in a tandem cell configuration. We will discuss long term reliability test data, scaling and pilot production challenges, the annualised energy yield of tandem and other multi-junction modules, as well as cost of ownership (CoO) models using an example factory process and LCOE calculations that validate the economic benefit of these solar cells.

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Christopher Case, "The path to perovskite performance and production (Conference Presentation)," Proc. SPIE 10737, Organic, Hybrid, and Perovskite Photovoltaics XIX, 107370I (Presented at SPIE Organic Photonics + Electronics: August 22, 2018; Published: 18 September 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2323988.5836571922001.