Beyond Silicon

Company Description

Efficiency is the primary cost driver in solar. Silicon technology—which accounts for more than 95% of global solar market—has increased its efficiency from <20% to >25% in the past decade. New approaches are needed to further reduce the cost of solar, and silicon has reached its theoretical efficiency limit.

Beyond Silicon breaks this fundamental efficiency limit with a tandem solar cell technology that combines traditional silicon with cutting-edge perovskites. The technology stacks a perovskite solar cell on top of a silicon solar cell to make more efficient use of the full solar spectrum.

This next-generation solar technology achieves panel efficiencies exceeding 30%, lowering the levelized cost of electricity and strengthening U.S. leadership in solar manufacturing.