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Solar energy systems with double-sided (bifacial) photovoltaic panels - which accumulate sunshine from 2 sides as opposed to one - and also single-axis monitoring innovation that tilts the panels so they can comply with the sun are the most cost effective to day, researchers report June 3rd in the journal Joule. They identified that this combination of modern technologies generates practically 35% more energy, typically, than stable single-panel solar systems, while lowering the expense of electrical energy by approximately 16%.

Although perovskites are an encouraging alternative to the silicon made use of to make most of today's solar cells, brand-new manufacturing procedures are needed to make them sensible for commercial manufacturing. To aid fill this space, researchers have established a new precision spray-coating technique that enables a lot more complex perovskite solar cell layouts and also could be scaled up for automation.