Oxford Photovoltaics
Oxford Photovoltaics Limited is an Oxford University spin-off company in the field of perovskite photovoltaics and solar cells. The company has developed new solar cells that extract more energy from sunshine.
the company has raised $100 Million in investment with support from Oxford University Innovation, Goldwind the University of Oxford, Innovate UK the European Investment Bank, Legal & General, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and Equinor. The largest shareholder is the Swiss cell and module production equipment manufacturer Meyer Burger.
Meyer Burger will also mass produce their perovskite solar cells on silicon heterojunction tandem cells, under a strategic and exclusive cooperation agreement.
The company exploits solid-state physics using metal halide high efficiency perovskite solar cells and was among MIT Technology Review’s top 50 most innovative companies of 2017. Oxford PV is headquartered in Yarnton, Oxfordshire with an industrial pilot line near Berlin, Germany.
The company was founded in 2010 by Henry Snaith and Kevin Arthur.