This ultrathin organic solar cell is efficient and durable
14 July, 2020The flexible organic cell degrades by less than 5% over 3000 hours in atmospheric conditions and has an energy conversion ratio of 13%.
Sustainable components for solar panels
30 June, 2020Korean scientists have identified a novel method to create efficient alloy-based solar panels free of toxic metals.
Next-gen solar cells pass strict international tests
03 June, 2020The experimental solar energy cells pass strict International Electrotechnical Commission testing standards for heat and humidity.
Quantum dot solar cells are non-toxic and defect-tolerant
26 May, 2020Researchers have developed quantum dot solar cells that match the efficiency of existing quantum dot-based devices, but without lead or other toxic elements.
Six-junction solar cell sets world records for efficiency
28 April, 2020The solar cell now holds the world record for the highest solar conversion efficiency at 47.1%, as measured under concentrated illumination.
Efficient and stable tandem solar cell developed
03 April, 2020An international research team has developed a new type of solar cell that can both withstand environmental hazards and has power conversion efficiency of 26.7%.
Additive boosts efficiency of inverted perovskite solar cells
06 March, 2020Inverted perovskite solar cells can now achieve efficiencies close to that of their more conventional counterparts.
Tandem solar cell efficiency closes in on 30%
10 February, 2020Researchers have developed a solar cell, made of the semiconductors perovskite and silicon, that converts 29.15% of the incident light into electrical energy — believed to be a world record.
Carrier multiplication could boost solar cell efficiency
11 December, 2019The findings have the potential to boost the photovoltaics and photodetector fields, and could improve the efficiency of solar cells to up to 46%.
Perovskite solar cells could capture more electricity
28 November, 2019Scientists have developed a method to analyse which pairs of materials in next-generation perovskite solar cells will harvest the most energy.
Power conversion efficiency boosted in perovskite solar cells
14 October, 2019Researchers have developed transparent conductive films that are set to increase the power conversion efficiency of perovskite-based multijunction solar cells beyond 30%.
High efficiency achieved for flexible thin-film solar cells
07 October, 2019Researchers have achieved 11.4% photoelectric conversion efficiency in flexible CZTSSe thin-film solar cells — said to be the highest efficiency ever reached in such cells.
Record-breaking solar cells feature self-assembling molecules
27 September, 2019Tandem perovskite-CIGS solar cells have reached an efficiency of 23.26% — said to be a world record value in this type of cell.
Organic solar cells one step closer to commercialisation
23 September, 2019Key components of organic solar cells require less electrical conductivity than initially thought — a breakthrough that should bring the devices closer to becoming a commercial reality.
Photovoltaic power could be produced from textiles
21 August, 2019Pliable, textile-based solar cells could enable truck tarps to produce the electricity consumed by the driver when underway, or to power electronic systems used to locate trailers in shipping terminals.
