It is important to know that these first solar cells were made of silicon, but also of an atypical semiconductor compound, cadmium sulfide (CdS). Soon after these inventions the era of rapid ...

Traditional solar cells are made of high-purity silicon wafers that are energy-intensive to produce. In addition, they can only absorb certain parts of the solar spectrum. By contrast, perovskite ...

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%.

A research group at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has fabricated a triple-junction perovskite-perovskite-silicon solar cell that integrates cyanate (OCN) ions in an ultrawide-bandgap ...

WHO Beyond Silicon, Caelux, First Solar, Hanwha Q Cells, Oxford PV, Swift Solar, Tandem PV WHEN 3 to 5 years In November 2023, a buzzy solar technology broke yet another world record for efficiency.

Orientation-dependent etching of silicon by fluorine molecules: A quantum chemistry computational study. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A, 2023; 41 (5) DOI: 10.1116/6.0002841 ...

The silicon solar cells, designed in-house by Sunreef, are now more efficient, durable, and bolstered by AI optimization. As such, Sunreef is calling its Solar Skin 3.0 technology a “visionary ...