At a recent solar energy trade show, the first thing anyone would note is that solar cells are cheaper than ever before. Perhaps second, is that solar vendors had all sorts of solar panels. There were ...

Researchers have come up with a new way to make perovskite films for solar cells. The technique is especially well suited to making ultra-thin films that are semi-transparent, which could be useful ...

The additive introduced into the solution for preparing the photoactive layer enhances Marangoni flow, thereby offsetting capillary flow caused by changes in the substrate’s surface energy due to ...

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What if perovskite solar cells could skip solvents and still deliver 27.2% efficiency? A vacuum process moves them closer to ...

It is not easy to bring new technologies from the laboratory to market. Researchers and companies face very different demands ...

Inverted perovskite solar cells offer strong potential for scalable, low-cost solar power, but a hidden interface inside the device has limited their performance and durability. Researchers have now ...

Hefei BOE Solar Technology's filing with the Chinese Finance Information Co. is good news for future solar panel customers, because increased efficiency results in more sunlight being converted into ...

According to the report’s authors, LECO is now used in the production of around one-quarter of TOPCon cells. Image: Trina Solar. A new study has found that the laser-enhanced contact optimisation ...

Many new energy technologies look impressive in the laboratory but never become real products. Solar cells are a clear example. Scientists can achieve record performance under controlled conditions, ...

Researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia have sought to improve TOPCon solar cell efficiency by reducing the thickness of the polysilicon (poly-Si) layers used in these ...