2018 is soon over - and it was another exciting year for the perovskite industry. We've seen many new research advances, but more importantly , we are starting to see first signs of commercialization. 2018 was also an exciting year for Perovskite-Info, as we have experienced significant growth and published our Perovskite Handbook - which demonstrates positive sales and feedback.

Here are the top 10 stories posted on Perovskite-Info in 2018, ranked by popularity (i.e. how many people read the story):

1. Microquanta reaches 17.9% efficiency for perovskite solar mini-module (Jul 3)
2. Saule Technologies' perovskite-based solar panels headed for commercial implementation by building company Skanska (Jan 17)
3. Greatcell Solar announces bankruptcy (Dec 11)
4. Berkeley team creates perovskite material for smart photovoltaic windows (Jan 23)
5. Novel microscopic analysis of perovskite solar cells deepens understanding of their degradation (Jan 17)
6. Solliance and ECN make great strides in improving tandem solar cells (Mar 21)
7. Oxford PV sets new record with perovskite tandem solar cells with 27.3% conversion efficiency (Jun 26)
8. Duke team develops a method to create hybrid thin-film materials (Jan 4)
9. Researchers demonstrate controlled epitaxial growth of all inorganic lead-free halide perovskites (Apr 2)
10. New titanium-based material shows promise for lead-free perovskite-based PV (Feb 14)

Swift Solar, A U.S startup designing and manufacturing perovskite solar panels, has announced raising $4.6 million as part of a $6.6 million investment round.

The team at Swift Solar in Colorado includes leading solar technologists from Stanford, MIT, Cambridge (UK), Oxford (UK), and the University of Washington, with expertise in perovskite photovoltaic technology and scale-up. Swift’s core technologies range from new solar cell architectures to specialized manufacturing techniques initially developed in the labs at Stanford and MIT.