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Researchers from the Centre for Advanced Studies and Energy of UET Peshawar have developed flexible and affordable solar panels using third-generation solar photovoltaic technology.
The University of Engineering & Technology Peshawar and the collaboration of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, and Solaronixmix, Switzerland, developed low-cost solar panels.
The project was supervised by Dr. Najeebullah (UET), Prof Han (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China), and Dr. Toby Meyer (Solaronixmix, Switzerland).
As per Dr. Najeebullah, the project prototype started developing in 2019 with the financial support of USAID and the provincial government.
He also stated that;
“We replaced silicon with the naturally available metal halide perovskite in our product, which will be produced at 450-degree centigrade.”
He also mentioned that four international companies, including Oxford PV in the UK and Germany, Wonder Solar founded by Prof Han, Microquanta, and GCL-nano, both in China, have already established solar manufacturing units and will start making and supplying inexpensive solar panels in the market very soon.
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