Novel design strategies provide a step towards more efficient and stable perovskite–perovskite–silicon solar cells ...

An international research team has conducted an extensive review of all back-contact (BC) solar cell types in an effort to accelerate their commercial development. The scientists grouped the cell ...

While most solar cells on the market today are based on silicon, energy engineers have recently been assessing the ...

In the race to make solar energy cheaper and more efficient, a team of UNSW Sydney scientists and engineers have found a way to push past one of the biggest limits in renewable technology.

China’s Hebei University and module manufacturer DAS Solar have jointly developed a silicon solar cell featuring a novel hole transport layer (HTL) designed to simplify production and reduce costs. In ...

Without a significant reduction in silver content, the global demand for photovoltaics to ensure a sustainable, climate-neutral energy system cannot be met. Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for ...

Trinasolar has also increased the power efficiency for its perovskite-silicon tandem modules to 829W. Image: Trinasolar. Chinese solar manufacturer Trinasolar has reportedly achieved a 30.6% ...

Just last month, a European group posted a record of 30.8%. Image: Fraunhofer ISE. Chinese solar manufacturer Risen Energy has produced what it called a “record” conversation efficiency on a ...

Netherlands-based research lab TNO has succeeded in applying copper electrodes to silicon heterojunction solar cells using a new screen-printing process. With this innovation, TNO says, almost the ...