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Breaking performance records with tandem solar cells
Oxford PV layers perovskite over silicon to capture a wider wavelength range
Apr 27, 2022 // Technology, solar cells, oxford pv, efficiency, Chris Case
Jinko TOPCon solar cell reaches 25.7% effectiveness
JinkoSolar announced it has actually reached a solar conversion efficiency of 25.7% for its huge 182-mm n-type monocrystalline TOPCon solar cell. This result has been individually verified by the National Institute of Metrology, China.
Apr 27, 2022 // Manufacturing News, solar cell, efficiency, Jin Hao, Jinko TOPCon
An option to perovskite solar cell scalability troubles
Perovskites are hybrid products made from steel halides as well as organic compounds.
Apr 22, 2022 // Technology, solar cell, perovskite, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, efficiency
Comprehending just how electrical charges behave inside perovskites can aid improve their performance
A thorough view of just how electric charges behave inside perovskites might assist initiatives to improve the performance of next-generation solar cells based upon these materials, KAUST research published in Nature Communications has shown.
Apr 21, 2022 // Technology, solar cell, perovskite, efficiency, KAUST, University of Science and Technology, Frédéric Laquai
Next-generation solar cells get to 24% efficiency
A German research study team has developed a tandem solar cell that gets to 24 percent efficiency-- measured according to the fraction of photons exchanged electricity (i.e., electrons).
Apr 14, 2022 // Technology, Manufacturing News, solar cells, perovskite, efficiency, University of Cologne
Low-temperature perovskite solar module with 19.1% efficiency
Researchers have actually developed a PV module with an efficiency of 20.72%, based upon tin oxide (SnO2) as an electron transport layer, an organometal halide perovskite layer, organic halide salt phenethylammonium iodide (PEAI) as a passivation representative, as well as Spiro-OMeTAD as the hole transportation layer (HTL).
Apr 11, 2022 // Technology, Italy, Europe, perovskite, solar module, efficiency
Carbon-based, HTL-free perovskite solar cells with 26% performance
A global study group has developed a carbon-based perovskite solar cell without a hole transportation layer. 2 plasmonic nanoparticles-- Ag@SiO2 and also SiO2@Ag@SiO2-- were included in the cell photoactive layer, in addition to a copper( I) thiocyanate (CuSCN) interlayer at the perovskite-carbon interface.
Apr 6, 2022 // Technology, China, United Kingdom, solar cells, Europe, Asia, perovskite, Iran, efficiency
A brilliant future: Seeking a 3rd generation of better-performing solar cells
For a greener and much more sustainable economic situation, building better and extra effective solar cells is an essential research study objective within the clean energy market.
Apr 6, 2022 // Technology, USA, solar cells, North America, efficiency, Arizona State University, University of Oklahoma, R. T. Ross, A. J. Nozik, David K. Ferry
Crystallization regulation helps to realize reliable and stable perovskite minimodules
Hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite materials have actually emerged as promising candidates for solar applications due to their outstanding optoelectronic homes and affordable service processing technique.
Mar 25, 2022 // Technology, solar cell, perovskite, efficiency, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Materials scientists discover why perovskite solar cells degrade in sunlight
Materials researchers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering as well as colleagues from five other universities all over the world have discovered the significant reason that perovskite solar cells-- which show excellent assurance for improved energy-conversion performance-- degrade in sunlight, causing their performance to suffer over time.
Mar 16, 2022 // Technology, USA, solar cells, perovskite, North America, University of California, efficiency, Yang Yang
Rocket Lab reveals space solar cell with 33.3% efficiency
The brand-new tool is based on an upside down metamorphic multi-junction (IMM) cell modern technology created by Rocket Lab's unit Solaero. The cell can be made use of in applications in the civil, military, and also commercial space markets.
Mar 11, 2022 // Technology, USA, solar cell, North America, efficiency, Brad Clevenger, Rocket Lab
Sonnenstromfabrik to utilize REC technology to increase solar module effectiveness
German solar module producer CS Wismar GmbH, also referred to as Sonnenstromfabrik, will certainly utilize the split cell and also junction box technology of Norwegian sector firm REC Solar Holdings AS to create high-performance modules at its factory in Wismar as part of a critical partnership.
Mar 2, 2022 // Technology, solar module, efficiency, Sonnenstromfabrik, Bernhard Weilharter
Researchers develop efficient solar cell technology by imitating plants' photosynthesis procedure
By causing a suitable electron flow procedure called vectorial transfer, South Korean researchers had the ability to create a solar cell production technique that can produce cells with as much as 60 percent more electron transfer efficiency than traditional cells. The brand-new technique allows photovoltaic cells to manage electron flow in one desired instructions to minimize the loss of electrons throughout power generation.
Feb 28, 2022 // Technology, Japan, South Korea, solar cells, Asia, efficiency, UNIST, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Kwon Tae-hyuk
Mini perovskite solar module with 40 sq cm aperture area, 17% efficiency
The 19.2%- efficient perovskite cells made use of in the module depend on an electron layer based on tin oxide that was transferred through chemical bath deposition. This technique, according to the gadget's creators, has made it possible to have a reasonably small decrease in efficiency from small cells to the 40cm2 module.
Feb 28, 2022 // Technology, France, Europe, solar cell, perovskite, solar module, efficiency, Institut Photovoltaïque d’Île-de-France, IPVF
'Workhorse' of photovoltaics integrated with perovskite in tandem for the very first time
Tandem cells made from silicon and perovskite are able to convert the wide power range of sunlight into electrical energy extra successfully than the respective single cells.
Feb 28, 2022 // Technology, Germany, Europe, solar cell, perovskite, efficiency, HZB, ISFH Hameln, Lars Korte