Eltek Flatpack2 High Efficiency Solar Charger
06 March, 2013With its MPPT algorithm ensuring close to 100% panel utilisation and efficiency up to 96.5%, the galvanic isolated solar charger sets new standards for renewable and hybrid power in telecommunications.
Multijunction solar cell breaks efficiency barrier
15 February, 2013A collaboration of scientists has proposed a novel triple-junction solar cell with the potential to break the 50% conversion efficiency barrier, which is the current goal in multijunction photovoltaic development.
New path to more efficient organic solar cells
30 January, 2013For polymer-based organic photovoltaic cells, which are far less expensive to manufacture than silicon-based solar cells, scientists have long believed that the key to high efficiencies rests in the purity of the polymer/organic cell’s two domains - acceptor and donor. Now, however, an alternate and possibly easier route forward has been shown.
Organic photovoltaics on steel: ThyssenKrupp and Solliance researching solar cells
03 December, 2012ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe and Solliance are working together to create organic photovoltaics that can be incorporated into flat steel products for use in the construction industry.
The first all-carbon solar cell
12 November, 2012 by Mark ShwartzResearchers have developed a solar cell made entirely of carbon, an inexpensive substitute for the pricey materials used in conventional solar panels.
Wind power smart grids
21 March, 2012An EU-funded project aims to test solar and wind electricity distribution systems.
Record claimed for solar cell efficiency
27 February, 2012Heliatek GmbH has set a new world record for organic solar cells after Fraunhofer ISE CalLab certified a cell efficiency of 9.8% for a 1.1 cm² tandem cell manufactured with a low-temperature deposition process.
Cheaper solar cells on the horizon
25 January, 2012 bySolar or photovoltaic cells represent one of the best possible technologies for providing an absolutely clean and virtually inexhaustible source of energy to power our civilization.
Clenergy Solar PowerHouse inverters
02 January, 2012 byClenergy has expanded the Solar PowerHouse inverter range to offer 4, 5 and 6 kV options.
Ulica SSPM250ECO mono crystalline solar panel
29 December, 2011 byThe SSPM250ECO mono crystalline solar panel by Ulica incorporates the latest in advanced diffusion technology and ensures the uniformity of cell conversion efficiency, good electrical conductivity, good adhesive force, good electrode weldability, high-precision screen printing patterning and high evenness, incased in a durable 46 mm frame.
High-efficiency solar cells
16 December, 2011Silver-free heterojunction silicon solar cells have been created by applying copper electroplating, which was developed by Kaneka, based on imec’s existing copper electroplating technology.
Nanotech microscope boosts solar research
07 December, 2011A microscope in QUT is being used to develop plastic solar cells to charge laptops and mobile phones.
European PV market faces sharp decline
07 December, 2011Rapidly falling prices in the first half of this year have been unable to stimulate the faltering European photovoltaic market, according to the latest Solarbuzz European PV Markets report.
Organic solar cells collaboration
02 November, 2011Imec and its 16 European project partners have launched the European FP7 project X10D.
Solar cells reach new efficiency level
07 October, 2011 byThe Belgian research centre imec, together with Plextronics and Solvay, has produced an organic polymer-based single junction solar cell with 6.9% performance in an inverted device stack.
