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NREL six-junction solar cell sets two world records for efficiency
Sep 01, 2020 (SPX)
The six-junction solar cell now holds the world record for the highest solar conversion efficiency at 47.1%, which was measured under concentrated illumination....
3D-printed system speeds up solar cell testing from hours to minutes
Sep 01, 2020 (SPX)
The machine can analyse 16 sample perovskite-based solar cells simultaneously, in parallel, dramatically speeding up the process. The invention means that the p...
Tandem solar cell world record: New branch in the NREL chart
Sep 01, 2020 (SPX)
CIGS cells, which consist of copper, indium, gallium and selenium, can be deposited as thin-films with a total thickness of only 3 to 4 micrometers; the perovsk...
Agilitas Energy's SMART solar project in Auburn MA commences construction
Aug 27, 2020 (SPX)
Agilitas acquired this construction-ready solar PV project in March this year, which is situated on a 124.7-acre site in Auburn MA and will generate enough elec...
Trina Solar to add 10GW in annual production capacity of ultra-high-efficient 210mm solar cells
Aug 25, 2020 (SPX)
In line with Tina Solar's strategy, the Company will add 7.6GW in annual production capacity at its Yancheng production site, increasing its 2.5GW overseas cell...
Toronto to slap solar panels on ambulances
Aug 21, 2020 (AFP)
The federal government, which has set a national target of slashing carbon emissions by 30 percent below 2005 levels by 2030 under the Paris Agreement, pitched ...
Molecular additives enhance mechanical properties of organic solar cell material
Aug 18, 2020 (SPX)
Ganesh Balasubramanian, P.C. Rossin assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics at Lehigh University, and his graduate student Joydeep Munshi re...
New solar facility is expected to offset 100 percent of Northrop Grumman's electricity use in Virginia
Aug 18, 2020 (SPX)
Once operational in 2022, it is expected that the new solar facility will add enough renewable energy to the local grid to match 100 percent of Northrop Grumman...
Transparent solar panels for windows hit record 8% efficiency
Aug 18, 2020 (SPX)
The team achieved 8.1% efficiency and 43.3% transparency with an organic, or carbon-based, design rather than conventional silicon. While the cells have a sligh...
Converting solar energy to hydrogen fuel, with help from photosynthesis
Aug 18, 2020 (SPX)
The researchers will present their results at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall 2020 Virtual Meeting and Expo. ACS is holding the meeting through Thursda...
Perovskite solar module enabled IoT asset tracking for wildlife conservation
Aug 16, 2020 (SPX)
"The European bison is the largest herbivore in Europe which was affected by poaching and unsuitable natural resources management. Such factors have pushed thes...
Perovskite and organic solar cells rocketed into space
Aug 13, 2020 (SPX)
One of the goals for space missions is to minimize the weight of equipment that the rocket carries. While current inorganic silicon solar panels used in space m...
Highly efficient and stable double layer solar cell developed
Aug 03, 2020 (SPX)
The researchers, led by Byungha Shin, a professor from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at KAIST, focused on developing a new class of light-...
Inkjet printing fabrication paves way for practical perovskite solar cell production
Aug 03, 2020 (SPX)
Perovskite semiconductors are a very promising material for solar cells because they absorb light and convert it to energy with better efficiency and potentiall...
AES and 5B Accelerating World's Transition to Solar Energy
Aug 03, 2020 (SPX)
The total global investment in the solar energy market between 2021-2025 is projected to reach $613 billion as companies transition to greener sources of energy...
New fabrication method brings single-crystal perovskite devices closer to viability
Aug 03, 2020 (SPX)
Their fabrication method - which uses standard semiconductor fabrication processes - results in flexible single-crystal perovskite films with controlled area, t...
ETRI develops eco-friendly color thin-film solar cells
Aug 03, 2020 (SPX)
CIGS thin-film solar cells are used to convert sunlight into electrical energy and are made by coating multiple thin films on a glass substrate. They have a rel...
Crystal structure discovered almost 200 years ago could hold key to solar cell revolution
Aug 03, 2020 (SPX)
Not all materials with the structure, known as perovskites, are semiconductors. But perovskites based on a metal and a halogen are, and they hold tremendous pot...
USTC makes breakthrough in solar cell efficiency
Aug 03, 2020 (SPX)
Antimony selenosulfide, Sb2(S,Se)3, as the ROHS-compliant and earth-abundant light harvesting material, has received increasing interests during the past few ye...
Tulane scientists build high-performing hybrid solar energy converter
Jul 27, 2020 (SPX)
The work led by Matthew Escarra, associate professor of physics and engineering physics at Tulane, and Daniel Codd, associate professor of mechanical engineerin...
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