Solar power has big limitations, but Perovskites could change that
Perovskites solar cells can help overcome the fundamental limitations of the conventional silicon solar cells that currently dominate the world market
Jeff Carbeck is a Specialist Leader at Advanced Materials and Manufacturing, DC Innovations, Deloitte. He is a chemical engineer, materials scientist and entrepreneur. Prior to his career as an entrepreneur, he was a faculty member in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Princeton. In 2006 he joined Nano-Terra as its Chief Scientist and also co-founded Arsenal Medical and served as its Chief Technology Officer. He is currently a Subject Matter Advisor for Deloitte Consulting, where he has multiple client engagements and is also co-author of Deloitte eminence studies on advanced materials: Reigniting Growth -- Advanced Materials Systems (2012), and Driving Innovation -- Advanced Materials Systems (in press). He also serves on the World Economic Forum's Global Emerging Technologies Agenda Council and the forum's Working Group on Emerging Technologies for Energy Harnessing.
Perovskites solar cells can help overcome the fundamental limitations of the conventional silicon solar cells that currently dominate the world market
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