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class="field field--name-field-paragraph-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Oxford PV established</div> <div class="field field--name-field-paragraph-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p><span><span><span>Co-founded by Professor Henry Snaith and Kevin Arthur<strong> </strong></span></span></span><span lang="DE"><span><span><strong> </strong></span></span></span></p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--timeline-item paragraph--view-mode--default row"> <div class="col-sm-2 offset-md-2 col-md-4 paragraph-left"> <div class="field field--name-field-timeline-date field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">2012</div> </div> <div class="col-sm-8 col-md-6 paragraph-right"> <div class="field field--name-field-paragraph-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Professor Snaith’s perovskite breakthrough</div> <div class="field field--name-field-paragraph-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p><span><span><span><span>Publication in </span></span><a href="http://science.sciencemag.org/content/338/6107/643" target="_blank"><span><span><span><span><em>Science </em>announcing solid state high efficiency metal halide perovskite solar cells</span></span></span></span></a> </span></span></p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--timeline-item paragraph--view-mode--default row"> <div class="col-sm-2 offset-md-2 col-md-4 paragraph-left"> <div class="field field--name-field-timeline-date field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">2014</div> </div> <div class="col-sm-8 col-md-6 paragraph-right"> <div class="field field--name-field-paragraph-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell development</div> <div class="field field--name-field-paragraph-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Commercial focus moves to tandem solar cell technology</span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--timeline-item paragraph--view-mode--default row"> <div class="col-sm-2 offset-md-2 col-md-4 paragraph-left"> <div class="field field--name-field-timeline-date field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">2015</div> </div> <div class="col-sm-8 col-md-6 paragraph-right"> <div class="field field--name-field-paragraph-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">First perovskite-on-silicon tandem solar cell</div> <div class="field field--name-field-paragraph-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p><span><span><span><span>100 mm diameter tandem cell demonstrated in lab </span></span></span></span></p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--timeline-item paragraph--view-mode--default row"> <div class="col-sm-2 offset-md-2 col-md-4 paragraph-left"> <div class="field field--name-field-timeline-date field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">2016</div> </div> <div class="col-sm-8 col-md-6 paragraph-right"> <div class="field field--name-field-paragraph-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Thin film pilot line facility acquired</div> <div class="field field--name-field-paragraph-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Industrial capabilities in Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany to accelerate the transfer of our technology from the lab to industrial scale processes and equipment</span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-timeline-item-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/timeline_image/public/timeline-item/brandenburg_outside.jpg?h=0be4ad88&itok=Op_IUygu" width="450" height="193" alt="Brandenburg facility" class="img-responsive" /> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--timeline-item paragraph--view-mode--default row"> <div class="col-sm-2 offset-md-2 col-md-4 paragraph-left"> </div> <div class="col-sm-8 col-md-6 paragraph-right"> <div class="field field--name-field-paragraph-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Major industry partner</div> <div class="field field--name-field-paragraph-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Joint development partnership with large manufacturer of solar cells and modules commences</span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--timeline-item paragraph--view-mode--default row"> <div class="col-sm-2 offset-md-2 col-md-4 paragraph-left"> </div> <div class="col-sm-8 col-md-6 paragraph-right"> <div class="field field--name-field-paragraph-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Strategic investment</div> <div class="field field--name-field-paragraph-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><div> <p style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:#5e5e5e"><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal">Equinor (formerly Statoil) and Legal & General Capital invest in Oxford PV</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-timeline-item-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <img loading="lazy" 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<div class="field field--name-field-paragraph-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">European funding </div> <div class="field field--name-field-paragraph-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p><span><span>European Investment Bank finance and ILB funding from the state of Brandenburg granted</span></span></p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--timeline-item paragraph--view-mode--default row"> <div class="col-sm-2 offset-md-2 col-md-4 paragraph-left"> <div class="field field--name-field-timeline-date field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">2018</div> </div> <div class="col-sm-8 col-md-6 paragraph-right"> <div class="field field--name-field-paragraph-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">New research and development campus </div> <div class="field field--name-field-paragraph-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p><span><span>Headquarters and research and development relocates to larger site in Oxford, UK</span></span></p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--timeline-item paragraph--view-mode--default row"> <div class="col-sm-2 offset-md-2 col-md-4 paragraph-left"> </div> <div class="col-sm-8 col-md-6 paragraph-right"> <div class="field field--name-field-paragraph-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Certified world record efficiency</div> <div class="field field--name-field-paragraph-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p><span><span><span>Perovskite-on-silicon tandem solar cell exceeds the efficiency world record for a single-junction silicon solar cell </span></span></span></p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--timeline-item paragraph--view-mode--default row"> <div class="col-sm-2 offset-md-2 col-md-4 paragraph-left"> <div class="field field--name-field-timeline-date field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">2019</div> </div> <div class="col-sm-8 col-md-6 paragraph-right"> <div class="field field--name-field-paragraph-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">New strategic investment </div> <div class="field field--name-field-paragraph-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Goldwind and Meyer Burger invest in Oxford PV</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--timeline-item paragraph--view-mode--default row"> <div class="col-sm-2 offset-md-2 col-md-4 paragraph-left"> <div class="field field--name-field-timeline-date field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">2020</div> </div> <div class="col-sm-8 col-md-6 paragraph-right"> <div class="field field--name-field-paragraph-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Certified world-record efficiency</div> <div class="field field--name-field-paragraph-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p><span><span><span>Perovskite-on-silicon cell sets new world record at 29.52% efficiency </span></span></span></p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-timeline-item-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/timeline_image/public/timeline-item/190820_OxfordPV-8655.jpg?h=f068c367&itok=70e6uVcn" width="450" height="193" alt="New world record set" class="img-responsive" /> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--timeline-item paragraph--view-mode--default row"> <div class="col-sm-2 offset-md-2 col-md-4 paragraph-left"> <div class="field field--name-field-timeline-date field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">2021</div> </div> <div class="col-sm-8 col-md-6 paragraph-right"> <div class="field field--name-field-paragraph-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Build-out of Brandenburg factory complete</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--timeline-item paragraph--view-mode--default row"> <div class="col-sm-2 offset-md-2 col-md-4 paragraph-left"> <div class="field field--name-field-timeline-date field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">2022</div> </div> <div class="col-sm-8 col-md-6 paragraph-right"> <div class="field field--name-field-paragraph-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Efficiency world record: commercial-sized cell</div> <div class="field field--name-field-paragraph-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Our commercial-sized perovskite-on-silicon tandem solar cell sets efficiency world record of 26.8% </p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--timeline-item paragraph--view-mode--default row"> <div class="col-sm-2 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