"This work addresses one of the critical barriers to widespread adoption of perovskite solar cells." Scientists develop ...

The company uses direct “gas-to-wafer” epitaxial technology to produce its solar wafers which achieved 24.4% efficiency on ...

Although the efficiency of their graphene-on-silicon solar cell is currently quite low, the researchers envisage that it can be improved by optimizing the conductivity and transparency of the ...

The German wafer manufacturer said the result was achieved with an unspecified M6 HJT commercial production line, without ...

The research advanced the durability of perovskite solar cells without compromising their exceptional efficiency, moving closer to a practical, low-cost alternative to silicon-based photovoltaics.

Commercial solar technology today centres around silicon photovoltaic (PV) cells on rooftops ... developed eco-material — a plant-based replacement for conventional fossil fuel-derived plastics ...

Scientists from Australia and the United Kingdom have developed a novel method for constructing localized rear contacts on p-type silicon ... cell materials – such as in III-V/Si multijunction ...

However, conventional silicon-based solar cells have one particular weakness - their power generation efficiency depends on the weather. This is why the world is now focusing on the development of ...

Image: QCells Korean-owned solar manufacturer Hanwha Qcells has posted a “world record” efficiency reading for an industrial-sized perovskite-silicon tandem cell. The 28.6% efficiency rating ...

A solar cell is made of two types of semiconductors, called p-type and n-type silicon. The p-type silicon is produced by adding atoms—such as boron or gallium—that have one less electron in their ...

NexWafe used EpiNex wafers to develop ultra-thin 70µm cells to address the growing demand for solar cells to power low earth orbit satellites. These cells exhibit radiation performance comparable to ...