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Perovskite solar cells invented by NUS scientists set new world record for power conversion efficiency

These novel solar cells achieve an impressive stabilised efficiency of 24.35% - the highest for perovskite solar cells (active area of 1 cm2) to date

The promising results reported by the NUS team mark a pivotal milestone in advancing the commercialization of a low-cost…

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PolyU researchers achieve record 19.31% efficiency with organic solar cells

This remarkable binary OSC efficiency will help enhance applications of these advanced solar energy devices

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Simple semiconductor solutions could boost solar energy generation and enable better space probes

A 'simple' tweak to perovskite solar cells during the fabrication stage could help to unlock the untold potential of the renewable energy source, claims research from the University of Surrey.

Perovskite solar cells are widely considered the natural successor to silicon-based solar devices because of their high…

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Can a new technique for capturing ‘hot’ electrons make solar cells more efficient?

Solar cells work by converting light into electrons, whose energy can be collected and harvested. A hot solar cell is a…

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SolarBotanic™ Trees Launches Revolutionary Solar-Powered Tree

The SolarBotanic™ Tree is unique to the market and the result of five years of planning research and design, and feature…

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Sharp Achieves World’s Highest Conversion Efficiency of 32.65% in a Lightweight, Flexible, Practically Sized Solar Module

The new prototype solar module, which uses a triple-junction compound design, is both lightweight and flexible thanks to…

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New world records: perovskite-on-silicon-tandem solar cells

EPFL and CSEM smash through the 30% efficiency barrier for perovskite-on-silicon-tandem solar cells—setting two certified world records

Increasing the power conversion efficiency of solar cells is important for two reasons. In the long run, it is the most…

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Disorder-engineered inorganic nanocrystals set a new efficiency record for ultrathin solar cells

An international team of researchers from ICFO, University College London, and Imperial College London, report on a novel disorder-engineering technique for inorganic solar cells that achieves a record-breaking power conversion efficiency.

In their study, the researchers cleverly engineered the layer of nanocrystals in the cell with an unconventional approac…

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ANU scientists set new record with bifacial solar cells

The solar cells are dual sided, meaning both the front and back of the cell generate power

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Renewable energy, new perspectives for photovoltaic cells

After four years of work, the researchers succeeded in creating solar cells with new materials in which losses due to in…

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UNIST Sets New Efficiency Record for Single-junction PSE at 25.6%

Their findings have been published in the April 2021 issue of Nature.

Published in the April 2021 issue of Nature, their findings are expected to pave the way for facile access to high-perfo…

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Lightyear’s solar car prototype drives over 440 miles on a single battery charge

Lightyear’s solar car prototype drives over 440 miles on a single battery charge

The concept of a long-range solar car represents a huge opportunity to change mobility, so you can drive for months with…

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Transparent nanolayers for more solar power

Nanostructured material and a new cell design pave the way for the production of silicon solar cells with more than 26 percent efficiency

Several process steps were necessary to produce the layers of the TPC solar cell.. On a thin layer of silicon dioxide, t…

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Scientists develop perovskite solar modules with greater size, power and stability

In the next stage of their research, the team plans to optimize their technique further by fabricating the perovskite so…

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Ever thinner solar cells

In a review article published in Nature Energy, researchers from CNRS highlight the dynamism and richness of the researc…

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Scientists boost stability and efficiency of next-gen solar tech

The scientists first improved the interface between the perovskite active layer and the electron transport layer, by add…

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Making plastic more transparent while also adding electrical conductivity

Guo is continuing to move the technology forward, collaborating on a project that uses transparent conductors in solar c…

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Printed coatings enable more efficient solar cells

Researchers at Cambridge, Imperial and Singapore have developed a method to print ultrathin coatings on next-generation…

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Electrons in the fast lane

Microscopic structures could further improve perovskite solar cells

By combining two microscopy methods, the researchers were able to show that electrons move much faster parallel to the s…

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Quantum phenomenon governs organic solar cells

In the quantum scale, atoms vibrate, and they vibrate faster when they are heated. It is these vibrations that interact…

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