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Researchers Identify Key Mechanism Responsible for Lower Efficiencies of Organic Solar Cells

News - 30 Sep 2021

Researchers have identified a key mechanism responsible for the lower efficiencies of organic solar cells and shown a way that this hurdle might be overcome. The international group of researchers,...

Suniva, Inc.

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Suniva develops, manufactures and markets its ARTisun series high-efficiency silicon photovoltaic cells for clean, earth-friendly power generation and is dedicated to driving down the cost per watt of...

Market Research Report on Solar Cell Technology

News - 29 Nov 2010

Research and Markets has released a new report from John Wiley and Sons, titled ‘Solar Cells and Their Applications, 2nd Edition’. The second edition report analyzes the changes...

Bi-Facial Solar Cells Absorb Sun’s Thermal Radiation for Generating Power

News - 5 Nov 2013

Thermal radiation from the sun is largely lost on most silicon solar cells. Up-converters transform the infrared radiation into usable light, however. Researchers have now for the first time...

Breakthrough Invention Could Accelerate the Commercialization of Perovskite Photovoltaic Technology

News - 22 Apr 2022

A research team co-led by chemists from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) and Imperial College London (Imperial College) has developed new, highly efficient and stable perovskite solar cells. The...

Photovoltaics - Developing Cost-Effective Solar Electricity

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Solar cells, also called photovoltaics (PV) by solar cell scientists, convert sunlight directly into electricity. Solar cells are often used to power calculators and watches. The performance of a...

LDK Solar

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LDK Solar is the world`s largest producer of solar wafers in terms of capacity and a leading high-purity polysilicon, solar module manufacturer and vertically integrated manufacturer and supplier of...

Dow Corning to Perform Joint Research on Next-Generation Silicon Solar Cells with imec

News - 7 Apr 2010

Dow Corning, a global leader in silicones, silicon-based technology and innovation, signed a three-year contract with imec to perform joint research on next generations of crystalline silicon solar...

The First Dye Doped Graphite/Graphene Solar Cell

News - 2 Jun 2008

Photovoltaic Solar Cells Inc today announces that it has created a dye doped Graphite/Graphene only solar cell. This solar cell will be produced using the production tool that the company is building....

Indium Nitride-Based Quantum-Dot Solar Cells Potentially Provide High Efficiency and Resistance to Extreme Conditions

News - 1 May 2008

Kopin Corp., the world's leading provider of heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) wafers for cellular phones and wireless local area networks, today announced that it has been selected for the...