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 ...

In 2019, another MIT research group demonstrated how singlet exciton fission could be applied to silicon solar cells and could lead to cell efficiencies as high as 35%.

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

LONGi has announced another significant breakthrough in solar cell R&D, with its independently developed two-terminal crystalline silicon-perovskite tandem solar cell achieving a conversion ...

According to the report, the crystalline silicon PV cell market was valued at $35.5 billion in 2023, and is estimated to reach $52.8 billion by 2033, growing at a CAGR of 3.9% from 2024 to 2033.

Solar is the future of the global energy mix. More solar capacity was added to the US grid in 2024 than from any other single energy source in the past two decades.

In the lab, Enecoat’s solar film has achieved 21.2% efficiency, meaning around a fifth of the solar energy is converted to electricity. Now, it is being tested in real-world conditions at the Expo.

Trends, opportunities and forecast in solar silicon wafer market to 2027 by type (monocrystalline wafers and polycrystalline wafers), application (PV modules, inverters, solar cells, solar racking ...

The latest Trinasolar module has an output of 808W. Image: Trina Solar. Leading Chinese module manufacturer Trinasolar has developed an 808W solar module that uses perovskite/silicon tandem solar ...

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 ...

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 ...