A new solar breakthrough may overcome a long-standing efficiency barrier. Researchers used a “spin-flip” metal complex to capture and multiply energy from sunlight through singlet fission. The result ...

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Scientists are always pushing the boundaries of solar cell efficiency – how much of the available sunshine gets turned into ...

How do organic solar cells work on the inside? The answer lies in structures far too small to see—and difficult to access ...

Suniva is planning a major expansion in US solar manufacturing, with a new 4.5-gigawatt (GW) solar cell factory coming to ...

A team of researchers at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), led by physicist Steve Albrecht, says it has pushed solar cell ...

Energy can never be created or destroyed. That's basic Physics 101. You simply cannot create energy out of thin air. Yet ...

A new UNSW study shows that laser-enhanced contact optimization (LECO) can boost industrial TOPCon solar cell efficiency by ...

Solar energy plays a big role in the fight against climate change. As the world turns to solar power, concerns about the environmental impact of traditional solar panels continue to grow. Today’s most ...

Approach by EPFL and CSEM combines two thin-film perovskite cells and one silicon cell.

As a result, the prototype tandem solar cells not only achieved a certified efficiency of 32.76 percent but also demonstrated ...