Photovoltaic Cells Made from Lunar Dust
Production of solar cells on the Moon (artwork) (Illustration: Sercan Özen)
April 4, 2025 – Shipping material into space is very expensive: transporting one kilogram to the moon costs a million euros. So it makes sense to use the resources available locally. A research team led by Dr. Felix Lang of the University of Potsdam and Dr. Stefan Linke of the Technical University of Berlin combined lunar regolith with ultrathin perovskite to produce efficient lunar solar cells. This promising hybrid approach could enable simple, scalable production of solar cells on the Moon to power future lunar habitats or even cities.
