10.28.21
Professor Henry Snaith, Oxford PV’s co-founder and chief scientific officer, has won the Rank Prize for Optoelectronics, recognizing his pioneering work on perovskite solar cells and contribution to solar energy.
The Rank Prize, now in its 50th year, has been awarded this year to seven internationally leading scientists for their work on the development of perovskite solar cell technology. It recognizes the major role that perovskite solar cells will play in the future of solar power and the significant interest that the technology has attracted in the industry.
Oxford PV, a spin-out from the University of Oxford, is preparing for commercial production next year. In December 2020, its solar cell technology hit a new world-record efficiency of 29.52%, and it completed the build-out of its volume manufacturing line in Brandenburg, Germany, in July this year.
“It is a great honor to be awarded this prize, alongside my colleagues in the field who have contributed significantly to the discovery and advancement of perovskite solar cells,” Professor Snaith said. “The last ten years has been an unexpected and unbelievable journey of discovery, and the next decade promises to be equally exciting, as we enable the industrialization of perovskite photovoltaics and accelerate the global transition to carbon-free energy production.”
The Rank Prize, now in its 50th year, has been awarded this year to seven internationally leading scientists for their work on the development of perovskite solar cell technology. It recognizes the major role that perovskite solar cells will play in the future of solar power and the significant interest that the technology has attracted in the industry.
Oxford PV, a spin-out from the University of Oxford, is preparing for commercial production next year. In December 2020, its solar cell technology hit a new world-record efficiency of 29.52%, and it completed the build-out of its volume manufacturing line in Brandenburg, Germany, in July this year.
“It is a great honor to be awarded this prize, alongside my colleagues in the field who have contributed significantly to the discovery and advancement of perovskite solar cells,” Professor Snaith said. “The last ten years has been an unexpected and unbelievable journey of discovery, and the next decade promises to be equally exciting, as we enable the industrialization of perovskite photovoltaics and accelerate the global transition to carbon-free energy production.”