Cells

Solar Technology

How Solar-Powered Airships Could Make Air Travel Climate-Friendly

Flying is the most damaging mode of transportation for our climate. At least, up until now. But work is already underway to investigate technical alternatives t…

Solar Cell

Outstanding Performance of Organic Solar Cell Using Tin Oxide

Organic solar cells have a photoactive layer that is made from polymers and small molecules. The cells are very thin, can be flexible, and are easy to make. How…

Solar Cell

Chinese Institute Made Progress in Improving Perovskite Tandem Solar Cell Stability

The research team of Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, recently has made progress in high efficient and stabl…

Solar Cell

New Selenization Process Paves Way for 14%-Efficient Kesterite Solar Cells

Scientists in China claim to have gauged the selenization annealing process for kesterite solar cells, in order to achieve a kesterite absorber with low defects…

Energy Saving

Achieving Stable Perovskite Solar Cells Through Phase Transition Engineering for Effective Defect Passivation

Last summer, metropolitan areas of Korea including Seoul were hit by an unprecedented heavy rainfall, which inundated various locations. Similarly, torrential d…

Energy Saving

One-Step Solution-Coating Method to Advance Perovskite Solar Cell Manufacturing and Commercialization

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are considered a promising candidate for next-generation photovoltaic technology with high efficiency and low production cost, pot…

Solar Cell

New Findings Pave the Way for Stable Organic Solar Cells That May Enable Cheap and Renewable Electricity Generation

Due to the recent improvements in the efficiency with which solar cells made from organic (carbon-based) semiconductors can convert sunlight into electricity, i…

Solar Cell

Midsummer Helps Develop Tandem Cells With 30% Efficiency

The Sweden-based thin-film solar solutions company, Midsummer, was recently selected to participate in a research project to develop a highly efficient and stab…

Solar Battery (Storage)

Using Machine Learning to Find Reliable and Low-Cost Solar Cells

Researchers at the University of California, Davis College of Engineering are using machine learning to identify new materials for high-efficiency solar cells. …

Solar Cell

Researchers Realize 13.8% Certified Efficiency of Kesterite Solar Cells

A research group led by Prof. Meng Qingbo from the Institute of Physics (IOP) of the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) and Prof. Xin Hao from Nanjing University …

Energy Saving

Researchers Claim New World Record for Tandem Solar Cell Efficiency

Crystalline silicon solar cells dominate the global photovoltaic market with module efficiencies of around 20-22%. However, the field of solar energy is wanting…

Solar Cell

Scientists Create High-Efficiency Sustainable Solar Cells for Iot Devices With Ai-Powered Energy Management

Newcastle University researchers have created environmentally-friendly, high-efficiency photovoltaic cells that harness ambient light to power internet of Thing…

Solar Technology

Researchers Find a More Effective Method to Recycle Thin-Film Cells

Researchers from the Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have recently developed a new method to recover precious metals from thin-film solar cells effi…

Energy Storage Battery

Battery Hydrogen vs. Battery Flywheel

Scientists in Italy have looked at how flywheel storage and reversible solid oxide cells could be integrated with lithium-ion batteries in minigrids powered by …

Solar Cell

‘Natural Clay’ Additive Promises Gains in Perovskite Solar Cell Efficiency, Stability

Scientists in Turkey have demonstrated that sepiolite, a naturally occurring clay substance, can be added to perovskite precursor materials, and form a scaffold…