Solar energy plays a central role in the global transition to sustainable power sources. With installations increasing in both residential and commercial sectors, the performance of photovoltaic (PV) ...

How are the world's most efficient solar panels learning to sweat? Solar panels can lose up to half a percent of their ...

Photovoltaic panels enhanced with nanowires can be up to 25% more efficient than traditional PV panels. While the concept was demonstrated several years ago, one obstacle remained: producing these ...

When it comes to solar power, solar cells and panels tend to get all the attention. But there's a different kind of solar power generator known as a STEG, and researchers have just figured out a way ...

Solar panel efficiency determines how much sunlight your panels can turn into electricity and how much you’ll save on bills ...

Ultrathin solar cells save material and bend on surfaces but lose light. A gold nanostructured mirror with oxide boosts reflection and reduces energy loss. (Nanowerk News) Ultrathin solar cells are a ...

The new products are available in nine versions with power output ranging from 620 W to 660 W and power conversion efficiency spanning from 23.0% to 24.4%. Canadian Solar said the panels have a carbon ...

Chinese solar module maker Huasun claims to have achieved a power conversion efficiency of 34.02% for a 1 cm² tandem solar cell based on a perovskite top cell and a silicon heterojunction (HJT) bottom ...

Solar electricity is growing rapidly, but can it really dominate the global energy system? Here is what it will take for us ...