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New System Could Greatly Increase the Rate of Development of Solar Cells

In the ongoing race to develop ever-better materials and configurations for solar cells, there are many variables that can be adjusted to try to improve performance, including material type, thickness, and geometric arrangement.

10 Dec 2021

Producing Energy-Efficient Organic Solar Cells from Eco-Friendly Solvents

A small guest molecule in the right place makes it possible to produce energy-efficient organic solar cells using eco-friendly solvents. A record efficiency over 17% is demonstrated. In addition, solar cells with larger areas can be produced.

30 Nov 2021

Rice Engineers Achieve New Benchmark in the Design of Ultrathin Solar Cells

Rice University engineers have achieved a new benchmark in the design of atomically thin solar cells made of semiconducting perovskites, boosting their efficiency while retaining their ability to stand up to the environment.

23 Nov 2021

Efficiency of Perovskite Silicon Tandem Solar Cells Increased to Almost 30%

Today's solar modules are mainly made of silicon, and possibilities for further increases in efficiency have already been largely exploited.

23 Nov 2021

Study Reveals Mystery of Perovskite Materials in Stunning Clarity

Researchers from the University of Cambridge have used a suite of correlative, multimodal microscopy methods to visualise, for the first time, why perovskite materials are seemingly so tolerant of defects in their structure. Their findings were published today in Nature Nanotechnology.

23 Nov 2021

New Method Using Nanowires can Make More Efficient, Cheaper Solar Panels

A research group at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) has developed a method for making an ultra-high material efficient solar cell using semiconductor nanowires.

8 Nov 2021

Precise Modification of Electron Linkers for Improving the Performance of All-Polymer Solar Cells

Organic solar cells, which can be applied to flexible wearable electronic devices, indoor light-harvesting applications, building-integrated photovoltaics, and the internet of things, have attracted particular attention.

29 Oct 2021

Study Shows Potential of Multiferroic Materials in the Field of New Photovoltaic Devices

The development of new-type thin-film solar cell technology is groundbreaking, it opens up the possibility of introducing clean energy into modern families most cordially, and will bring a new way of life.

25 Oct 2021

Study Highlights the Potential of 2D Ferroelectrics for Developing Third-Generation Solar Cells

Bulk photovoltaic effect is widely used in generating electricity. As a process of energy transference from photons to electrons and of voltage formation within ferroelectric material, BPVE acts like a dam, raising up "water" to generate "power".

21 Oct 2021

New Organic-Inorganic Halide Perovskites Could Outshine Other Solar Materials

An exciting new solar material called organic-inorganic halide perovskites could one day help the U.S. achieve its solar ambitions and decarbonize the power grid.

20 Oct 2021