Solar panels made from silicon already adorn rooftops and vast fields around the world—but they are reaching their performance limits. Researchers are now pairing silicon with a promising material ...

Defect-filled lead-halide perovskites rival silicon solar cells because domain walls inside the material separate and guide charges. Researchers visualized these charge-transport networks using a ...

Patents have been filed for an innovative silicon solar cell coating that could increase efficiency, reduce heat, and extend panel lifetimes using singlet fission, according to pv magazine.

China’s Hebei University and module manufacturer DAS Solar have jointly developed a silicon solar cell featuring a novel hole transport layer (HTL) designed to simplify production and reduce costs. In ...

Customers will notice the rewards. Scientists make groundbreaking discovery that could revolutionize solar panels: 'Surpassing prior benchmarks' first appeared on The Cool Down.

It is not easy to bring new technologies from the laboratory to market. Researchers and companies face very different demands for new developments and do not always find common ground. Scientists at ...

Despite being riddled with impurities and defects, solution-processed lead-halide perovskites are surprisingly efficient at converting solar energy into electricity. Their efficiency is approaching ...

The race is on to commercialise perovskite PV technologies. Image: Dennis Scroeder/NREL. Although perovskite-based technologies offer the promise of high efficiencies and low costs, the route to their ...

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

Dr Zhang Boxue (left), Assistant Professor Park Somin (middle) and Assistant Professor Wei Mingyang (right) from the National University of Singapore developed a more heat-resistant material to ...