Next-Generation Solar Cell 'Perovskite': A New Challenge for Researchers
Recently, the moves of domestic researchers in the field of 'perovskite,' which is attracting attention as a next-generation solar cell material, are drawing notice. Perovskite is an innovative new material that can replace existing silicon and is evaluated as a technology that can significantly increase the efficiency of solar power generation.
In the past, researchers at government-funded research institutes mainly commercialized their research achievements by transferring technology or starting their own businesses. However, recently, an increasing number of researchers are changing their strategies to cooperate with existing companies that possess technical capabilities, aiming to increase corporate value by more than 100 times rather than starting their own businesses.
This change is interpreted as a will for researchers to focus more on participating directly in corporate growth to improve the perfection of technology and secure competitiveness in the market. Researchers are providing practical help to companies through paid consulting and helping technology successfully take root in actual industrial sites.
Experts expect this cooperation model to raise the technological prowess of the domestic solar power industry to the next level. This is because the combination of the researcher's expertise and the company's business capabilities can create greater synergy.
As perovskite technology enters the commercialization stage, attention is focused on what changes this new method of cooperation between researchers and companies will bring to the domestic energy industry.