Researchers and industry scientists at imec, Hasselt University, EnergyVille, Nanjing University, the National University of Singapore's Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS), Microquanta Semiconductor , and RenShine Solar have co-authored a Perspective article arguing that perovskite photovoltaics' path to market now depends far less on chasing another lab efficiency record and far more on manufacturing, standards, financing and policy falling into place together. The authors describe a "plateau effect" in which further gains in small-area, lab-scale efficiency deliver diminishing real-world value unless they're matched by improvements in production yield, operational stability and overall factory economics. "The field is now limited less by material discovery than by the complex choreography of commercialization," they write, arguing that the headline efficiency and stability numbers used to judge perovskite cells in a lab setting are no longer sufficient on their own to guide investment or deployment decisions. Instead, they call for technology, manufacturing and commercial readiness levels, bankability, and warranty-compatible reliability data to take precedence.