Solar energy has long been considered to have great potential and solar panels based on silicon have been on the market for over 30 years. But first-generation silicon solar panels are at the end of ...

Solar power is already one of the fastest growing sources of electricity on the planet, yet scientists say it is still only ...

A research group is experimenting with solar cells made with alternative materials, which could help the world meet its energy needs Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena shows a finished solar chip made with ...

Thin-film solar cells comprising CdTe, Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 have become a less-expensive photovoltaic technology than crystalline Si wafer solar cells. Still, their efficiencies are inferior to those of ...

– SCHOTT® Solar Glass exos provides enhanced radiation resistance and optical performance for simple silicon cells up to III-V multijunction satellite solar cells. – Jointly developed with ...

A new study published in Materials Futures reveals critical insights into the degradation mechanism of scalable, wideband gap perovskite solar cells, a key component for the next generation tandem ...

Perovskites are promising materials for solar cells. A layer of dipolar molecules at the perovskite surface improves the efficiency of these devices. Read the paper: All-perovskite tandem solar cells ...

Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. (“Idemitsu”), a leader in energy and advanced materials with longstanding expertise in solar technologies, and Source Energy Company (“Source”), an emerging supplier of ...

A new model shows how transport resistance limits solar cell efficiency and how better fill factor predictions could help us develop more powerful photovoltaics One light bulb turned on (Courtesy: ...

Researchers at Linköping University have developed a method to recycle all parts of a perovskite solar cell repeatedly without environmentally hazardous solvents. In a study published in Nature, ...