UK-funded project sprays perovskite solar cells directly onto carbon fiber for stratospheric aircraft

Researchers at the University of Sheffield, AMRC Sheffield, solar-powered drone developer Limosaero, and Loughborough University have secured funding to integrate perovskite photovoltaics directly onto carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP), the structural material used in aircraft skins, as part of a UK government push to build aircraft that can hold station in the stratosphere for extended periods. The project, led by David G. Lidzey at the University of Sheffield and titled "Structural Solar: