efficiency

Hanersun introduces 580 W TOPCon solar module with 22.38% efficiency
Hanersun claims that its new TOPCon solar modules are suitable for residential as well as commercial roofs, as well as small-scale, ground-mounted PV plants. They have a temperature coefficient of 0.31%.
May 25, 2022 // Manufacturing News, solar module, efficiency, Hanersun
Heterojunction solar cell with 25.18% effectiveness, 85.42% fill factor
Scientists in China have actually fabricated a heterojunction solar cell with a 244.63 cm2 Czochralski n-c-Si wafer. They used light soaking to improve the dark conductance of the hydrogenated amorphous silicon films.
May 23, 2022 // Technology, China, Asia, heterojunction solar cell, efficiency, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS, Wenzhu Liu
A new conducting polymer complex to create stable and fully printable organic solar cells
In the last few years, engineers worldwide have been trying to establish even more lasting technologies to create electrical energy. Among one of the most promising amongst these solutions are organic solar cells.
May 23, 2022 // Technology, efficiency, organic solar cells, i-MEET, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Institute of Materials for Electronics and Energy Technolog, Yinhua Zhou
In the direction of more effective, non-toxic, and flexible thin-film solar cells
Climate change, among the major global worries today, has actually made it clear that fossil fuels are harmful to our atmosphere and are not a sustainable source of power. It is important to adopt clean sources of power, and also solar cells are a prominent prospect on this front.
May 13, 2022 // Technology, Japan, solar cells, Asia, efficiency, Ritsumeikan University, flexible thin-film solar cells, Jakapan Chantana, Takashi Minemoto
Large-area semitransparent perovskite PV module with 9.5% effectiveness
Singaporean scientists have created a semitransparent perovskite solar panels for applications such as building-integrated PV, vehicle-integrated solar, as well as clever glasses.
May 6, 2022 // Technology, Asia, perovskite, PV module, Singapore, efficiency, Nanyang Technological University, Monika Rai
Titanium oxide nanoparticle-based perovskite PV cell with 24.05% effectiveness
A brand-new perovskite PV cell based on titanium dioxide nanoparticles exhibits low effectiveness losses when scaled up from cell to module.
May 3, 2022 // Technology, Germany, China, Europe, Asia, perovskite, Switzerland, efficiency, solar sell, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin
Alkaline polysulfide-air redox flow battery with 40% performance
UK researchers have actually developed a stable alkaline-based hybrid polysulfide-air redox flow battery that reduces "crossover" issues via a brand-new dual-membrane-structured flow cell.
May 3, 2022 // Technology, Storage, UK, Europe, efficiency, redox flow battery, Alkaline
EPFL achieves 29.2% efficiency for tandem solar cell with fully textured silicon
Researchers in Switzerland made substantial progress with a method to perovskite-silicon tandem cell layout that they state might become integrated right into existing silicon PV production. They have announced the success of a 29.2% cell efficiency-- not far from the total record for tandem cells, and confirmed by Germany's Fraunhofer ISE.
May 2, 2022 // Technology, Europe, solar cell, Switzerland, efficiency, EPFL, Christophe Baliff
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