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 ...

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 ...

A new "cosmic veil" developed by engineers at the University of Surrey could help perovskite solar cells survive in space, opening a new gateway to lighter, cheaper and more efficient solar power for ...

Imagine a car whose windows and sunroof can help top up its battery while parked under the sun, or a pair of smart glasses whose lenses can harvest light to power built-in electronics.

A new bifacial solar cell architecture developed by researchers at Soochow University, Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co. Ltd., and collaborating institutes could address long-standing efficiency limitations in ...

Perovskite solar cells shouldn’t work as well as they do—but they do. Scientists have now discovered that defects inside the material actually help, creating networks that separate and guide electric ...

– 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 ...

In HJT cells, an n-type crystalline silicon (c-Si) wafer is sandwiched between intrinsic amorphous silicon (i-a-Si:H) layers. The front is coated with n-type microcrystalline silicon (μc-Si:H), while ...

NEDO, Japan’s state-run energy and industrial technology development agency, has selected 24 themes under its new “Technology Development Project for Expanding Solar Power Adoption,” including 20 for ...

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, ...