Perovskite solar cells, often called PeSCs, are changing the way energy is captured—especially indoors. Unlike the rigid and ...

Summary: Researchers have come up with a way to turn silicon into a direct bandgap semiconductor, opening the door to the manufacture of ultrathin silicon solar cells. Share: FULL STORY ...

German researchers have reviewed recent studies on hydrogen-related degradation in silicon solar cells. They said the work is timely, with n-type silicon dominating production and antimony-doping ...

The Energy & Environment Materials Research Division of the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), led by Dr. Dong-chan ...

The next-generation solar cell is fully recyclable Date: February 13, 2025 Source: Linköping University Summary: Researchers developed a method to recycle all parts of a solar cell repeatedly ...

News Perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells are the ‘prerequisite’ for next PV technological leap – Fraunhofer By Jonathan Touriño Jacobo December 12, 2024 New Technology, Power Plants ...

Technical Terms Multicrystalline Silicon: Polycrystalline material composed of multiple small silicon crystals, commonly used as a cost-effective substrate for solar cells.

An international research team has developed a perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell based on self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) that improve perovskite growth and optoelectronic properties. “Self ...

Converting sunlight into electricity is the task of photovoltaic solar cells, but nearly half the light that reaches a flat silicon solar cell surface is lost to reflection. While traditional ...

Perovskite is a new type of solar cell that can outperform the silicon-based cells found in most of today’s solar panels in almost every way. Anker claims its perovskite cells offer “30 ...

A newly developed metasurface-based silicon antireflective coating combines rectangular and cylindrical meta-atom geometries. The metasurface achieves just 5 percent reflection, compared to ~50 ...