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Perovskite semiconductors promise highly efficient and affordable solar cells. Nonetheless, the semi-organic product is very sensitive to temperature differences, which can swiftly cause fatigue damages in typical outdoor usage. Adding a dipolar polymer compound to the precursor perovskite solution assists to neutralize this.

Frost as well as Sullivan's current evaluation, Emerging Innovations Driving Efficiency Enhancements in Perovskite Solar Cells, discovers that technology developments are transforming the solar sector. It is observing a change from first- (silicon-based) to second- and third-generation solar technologies (amorphous silicon, perovskite, and bifacial).

Explore the potential of cost-effective perovskite solar cells. Researchers from multiple institutions have developed an alternative to using costly metals with a nickel-doped graphite layer and a bismuth-indium alloy layer, enabling a simple painting process for low-cost fabrication. With the potential to reduce manufacturing costs by up to 1000x, solar energy may become more accessible.

Lithuanian researchers have developed a new material, tin zirconium titanium selenide, that could significantly improve the efficiency of silicon solar cells by converting previously unused light into extra energy.

Researchers discover liquid crystals' temperature-responsive properties, improving efficiency of perovskite solar cells by 22% and paving the way for larger-scale renewable energy generation.

Clean, lasting energy options are essential to fulfill the ever-increasing energy demands of the human population. High efficiency solar cells are promising candidates to reduce carbon emissions as well as achieve carbon neutrality.

MIT scientists claim to have created a material 10 times more black than anything witnessed to date. It is said to be able to absorb more than 99.96% of incoming light and reflect 10 times less light than other superblack materials. The invention may be interesting for the development of black silicon PV technology and carbon nanotube-based solar cells.

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) have found a way to stabilize perovskite solar cells using non-toxic metal-based capping materials. This paves the way for commercial use of perovskite cells, which, despite superior efficiency and lower production costs, contain lead, posing an environmental threat when decomposed. The researchers used the full precursor (FP) solution method, which allowed them to synthesize the capping layer of solar cells without lead. The zinc-based compound, PEA2ZnX4, was the most effective among the materials tested, and the process was more efficient than the half precursor (HP) method.

A reasonably new kind of semiconductor, split atop a mirror-like structure, can mimic the manner in which leaves relocation energy from the sunlight over relatively long distances before using it to fuel chemical reactions. The method may one day improve the efficiency of solar cells.

Scientists from TU Dresden, in cooperation with researchers at Seoul National University (SNU) and Korea University (KU), demonstrated the role of the re-use of photons (called 'photon recycling') and also light scattering effects in perovskite solar cells, supplying a pathway towards high-efficiency solar energy conversion. The study has been published in Science Developments.

A new pathway to creating durable, reliable perovskite photovoltaics at commercial scale has been demonstrated with the initial reliable use of lead acetate as a precursor in making formamidinium-cesium perovskite solar cells.

SolarEdge announced that its Energy Storage division has started shipping new battery cells developed for stationary Energy Storage applications.

Scientist fromKorea's Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Ajou University, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) and Kookmin University have actually made new polymeric hole transport products that constitute a crucial component in perovskite quantum dot solar cells, leading to considerable increase in their effectiveness.

Organic solar cells could be made even greener by switching over the solvents utilized in their manufacture. Today's toxic chlorinated solvents can be changed by plant-derived options without influencing the resulting solar cells' light-capturing efficiency, KAUST researchers have actually revealed.

Revolutionary strain regulation strategy boosts efficiency of fully textured perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells to 31.5%, promising low-cost manufacturing and optimal light trapping.