This breakthrough lays a solid foundation for the commercial development of flexible silicon-based tandem cells in lightweight/flexible high-power photovoltaic applications such as space photovoltaics and vehicle -integrated photovoltaics. On November 10, 2025, Nature online published significant progress in silicon-based tandem solar cell research by a team jointly formed by LONGi, Soochow University, Xi'an Jiaotong University, and other institutions. Today, crystalline silicon (c-Si) PV technology dominates the global PV market, with a share of about 95%. C-Si solar cells are characterized by high power conversion efficiencies (PCE) of more than. The latest technology insight report from the EPO's Observatory on Patents and Technology reveals that innovation in photovoltaics has experienced significant growth over the last three decades. However, to meet global climate change goals, renew bles must expand by at least three-fold within the next three decades.
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