Toward Improved Solar Cells With Active Learning
How can I prepare myself for something I do not yet know? Scientists from the Fritz Haber Institute in Berlin and from the Technical University…
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Researchers Identify the Defect That Limits Solar-Cell Performance: Hydrogen in Hybrid Perovskites
Researchers in the materials department in UC Santa Barbara’s College of Engineering have uncovered a major cause of limitations to efficiency in a new generation…
Transparent Nanolayers for More Solar Power: Silicon Solar Cells With More Than 26% Efficiency
Nanostructured material and a new cell design pave the way for the production of silicon solar cells with more than 26 percent efficiency. There is…
International Data Fusion Approach Homing In on Longer-Lasting Perovskite Solar Cells
A new approach to identifying useful formulations could help solve the degradation issue for these promising new lightweight photovoltaics. Materials called perovskites are widely heralded…
New Perovskite Fabrication Method for Solar Cells Paves Way to Low-Cost, Large-Scale Production
Sulfolane-additive process yields easy fabrication, low cost, top performance, long operating life. A new, simpler solution for fabricating stable perovskite solar cells overcomes the key…
Plants Would Grow Well in Solar Cell Greenhouses – Generating Electricity Without Reducing Plant Growth
A recent study shows that lettuce can be grown in greenhouses that filter out wavelengths of light used to generate solar power, demonstrating the feasibility…
Twisting, Flexible Crystals Key to Advanced New Solar Cells
Researchers show how shapes and movements of halide perovskites create desirable renewable energy properties. Researchers at Duke University have revealed long-hidden molecular dynamics that provide…
Machine Learning for Virtually Unlimited Solar Cell Experiments
Researchers at Osaka University use machine learning to design and virtually test molecules for organic solar cells, which can lead to higher efficiency functional materials…
New Design Improves Efficiency of Next-Generation Perovskite Solar Cells
Reducing internal losses could pave the way to low-cost perovskite-based photovoltaics that match silicon cells’ output. Perovskites are a leading candidate for eventually replacing silicon…
Luminescent Solar Waveguide Windows Generate Energy From Inside and Out
Rice engineers develop polymer cores that redirect light from any source to solar cells. Rice University engineers have suggested a colorful solution to next-generation energy…
New Way to Power Up Nanomaterials to Create Better Solar Cells and LEDs
UCLA materials scientists and colleagues have discovered that perovskites, a class of promising materials that could be used for low-cost, high-performance solar cells and LEDs,…
Game-Changer in Future Solar Technology: New Perovskite Solar Modules With Greater Size, Power and Stability
Perovskites are projected to be a game-changer in future solar technology but currently suffer from a short operational lifespan and drops in efficiency when scaled…
Invisible Solar Panels: How Tomorrow’s Windows Will Generate Electricity
A new study led by scientists from Incheon National University in Korea shows how to make a fully transparent solar cell. In a new study…
New Blended Solar Cells With Increased Power Efficiencies and Electricity Generation
Researchers at Hiroshima University in Japan have blended together various polymer and molecular semiconductors as photo-absorbers to create a solar cell with increased power efficiencies…
World Record: Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells on the Magic Threshold of 30% Efficiency
The current world record tandem solar cell provided stable performance for 300 hours – even without encapsulation. An HZB team has published a report in…
Major Breakthrough for the Power Industry: New System Measures Solar Performance Over the Long Term
Suns Voc current-voltage testing adapted for system-wide use. A new system for measuring solar performance over the long term in scalable photovoltaic systems, developed by…
Solar Cells of the Future: System for Increasing the Efficiency of Organic Solar Cells
Organic solar cells are cheaper to produce and more flexible than their counterparts made of crystalline silicon, but do not offer the same level of…
Boosting Efficiency of Next-Gen Solar Cells by Blocking Vibrations That Remove Heat
Led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, a study of a solar-energy material with a bright…
