Researchers at LMU have developed a new method for visualizing material defects in thin-film solar cells.

An LMU research team led by Bert Nickel has, for the first time, succeeded in functionally characterizing the active lay…

The modules will be manufactured in Germany. Like every other solar panel from the manufacturer, Senersun EU-made panels…

Atom-thick photovoltaic sheets could pack hundreds of times more power per weight than conventional solar cells.

Most efforts at improving solar cells have focused on increasing the efficiency of their energy conversion, or on loweri…

Devices with wide bandgap semiconductors will offer the greater competitive advantage in microinverters and small string inverters, Lux Research says

As devices featuring GaN and SiC hit the market, they’ll offer the biggest competitive advantage in small systems – micr…

What is the simplest molecule capable of transforming solar energy into electricity? A team from the Institut des Scienc…

The World Solar Challenge is an 1,800-mile, week-long endurance contest across the continent of Australia that takes pla…

Robotic Solution Installs Twice as Fast and with Less than Half the Labor

ROVER, Alion Energy’s automated installation vehicle, and SPOT, their robotic cleaning solution, are part of Alion Energ…

Researchers at Chalmers have found an effective solution for collecting sunlight for artificial photosynthesis. By combi…

Rice, Penn State labs lay groundwork for block copolymer solar cells

The photovoltaic devices created in a project led by Rice chemical engineer Rafael Verduzco and Penn State chemical engi…

After two years of turmoil the solar industry is set to rebound, and surviving stakeholders have a fresh new outlook that’s ripe for investment, says Lux Research.

After two years of turmoil the solar industry is set to rebound, and surviving stakeholders have a fresh new outlook tha…

MIT team finds that the ratio of component atoms is vital to performance.

There has been great interest in recent years in using tiny particles called quantum dots to produce low-cost, easily ma…

The solar crisis will become a boon, as record low prices boost demand, more than doubling the market to 61.7 GW – with China emerging as the largest market, Lux Research says.

The solar photovoltaic market is poised to rise from the ashes of its 2011 crisis to grow to $155 billion in 2018, as ma…

Generating electricity on glass windows is possible when New Energy researchers spray ultra-small, see-through solar cel…

Using a powerful combination of microanalytic techniques that simultaneously image photoelectric current and chemical re…

While the terms of the non-equity partnership were not disclosed, the two companies will combine resources and collabora…

The SolarEdge line of power optimizers now includes two new models with unique value to the Italian market: the OPI powe…

Series 3 Black is the latest evolution from First Solar to the industry’s-leading Series 3 thin-film PV module platform.…

Scientists at Yale have improved the ability of a promising type of solar cell to absorb light and convert it into elect…

Nanocrystal Semiconductor for Photovoltaics, Sensors, Heat Reuse

University of Utah metallurgists used an old microwave oven to produce a nanocrystal semiconductor rapidly using cheap,…