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ARENA Unveils $39M Solar Innovation Funding Round

ARENA launches USD 39M solar R&D boost, targeting AUD 0.30/watt by 2030, empowering innovation in renewable energy and decarbonizing industry.

Jul 9, 2025 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Australia, Oceania, ARENA

CNNP Optoelectronics brings utility-scale perovskite modules out of the lab

CNNP Optoelectronics debuts a 1.6 m×1.2 m perovskite module with 16.5 % TÜV efficiency, glass-glass ruggedization, and lights-out manufacturing at 200 MW scale.

Jul 3, 2025 // Technology, Manufacturing News, perovskite, solar module, SNEC 2025, CNNP Optoelectronics, Poly-4PACz

Low-Temperature Sequential Deposition Lifts Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells Efficiency Record

Low-temp sequential deposition using EMI-DMP delivers 26 %-plus inverted perovskite efficiency and long-term stability, edging PSCs closer to market.

Jul 3, 2025 // Technology, solar cells, perovskite, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, photovoltaics, sequential deposition, low temperature

Self-Assembling Molecule Breakthrough Brings Commercial Perovskite Solar Closer to Market

A Chinese research team has created a self-assembling hole-transport layer that lifts perovskite solar efficiency above 26 % and shrugs off heat and humidity, clearing a path to mass production.

Jul 1, 2025 // Technology, Solar, China, Asia, perovskite, Innovation, photovoltaics

Camphor Additives Boost Perovskite Solar Cell Efficiency

Boost solar efficiency and sustainability with camphor-derived perovskite films, achieving 25.2% PCE and doubling lifespan, revolutionizing eco-friendly solar technology.

Jun 30, 2025 // Technology, solar cell, efficiency, UNIST, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Yang Chang-deok

NUS Sets Record With 26.4% Perovskite-Organic Solar Cell

NUS researchers achieve record 26.4% efficiency in flexible perovskite–organic tandem solar cell, paving the way for smart wearable applications.

Jun 27, 2025 // Technology, solar cell, perovskite, organic photovoltaics, NUS, flexible solar films, Tandem Solar

Boric-acid interface pushes all-perovskite tandem cell efficiency to 28.5 %

Chinese researchers replace corrosive phosphoric anchors with boric-acid SAMs, delivering a record 28.5 % all-perovskite tandem solar cell that retains 90 % output after 500 h of light soaking.

Jun 26, 2025 // Technology, Manufacturing News, perovskite, tandem, NiOx, boric-acid, stability

World-Leading Efficiency: NUS Team Sets World Record with 26.4% Perovskite-Organic Tandem Cell

NUS researchers raise the bar for flexible solar tech, hitting a certified 26.4 % efficiency with a perovskite–organic tandem cell that could soon power drones, wearables and smart fabrics.

Jun 26, 2025 // Technology, perovskite, SERIS, tandem, NIR, wearable

Trina’s 841-W Tandem Panel Shakes Up SNEC 2025

Trina Solar debuts an 841 W, 27.1 % perovskite-silicon tandem module at SNEC 2025, promising hotter-climate gains and edging closer to 30 % commercial efficiency.

Jun 24, 2025 // Technology, perovskite, efficiency, TrinaSolar, SNEC2025

LONGi Smashes Tandem Solar Record With 33 Percent Efficiency Leap

LONGi’s new silicon-perovskite tandem cell hits 33 % efficiency, raising the bar for large-area photovoltaics and spotlighting the firm’s broader “Innovation + Collaboration” strategy.

Jun 20, 2025 // Technology, Manufacturing News, perovskite, LONGi, efficiency, Tandem cells, photovoltaics

Biodegradable Solar Cells Revolutionize Farm Data Collection

Revolutionize farming with VTT's biodegradable solar cells: eco-friendly energy for precise crop monitoring, directly from plant stems or leaves.

Jun 19, 2025 // Technology, Europe, solar cell, Finland

Empa Debuts Move-MEGA Plant Converting Sunlight and Air to Gas

Empa’s Move-MEGA pilot turns solar hydrogen and captured CO₂ into grid-ready synthetic methane, showcasing flexible power-to-gas and negative-emissions potential.

Jun 18, 2025 // Technology, Plants, Europe, Switzerland, decarbonisation, Flexibility, power-to-gas, synthetic-methane, Swiss-research

Argon Plasma Polishing Dramatically Boosts Efficiency, Stability of Perovskite Cells

Nankai University’s argon-plasma polishing removes surface defects, lifting perovskite solar-cell efficiency to 23.5 % and boosting stability, paving the way for scalable production.

Jun 12, 2025 // Technology, solar cells, perovskite, efficiency, Nankai University, Argon Plasma

Global SolaEon Shatters Perovskite Barrier With 20.7% Square-Metre Efficiency Record

SolaEon’s 0.72 m² perovskite panel posts a certified 20.7 % efficiency, breaking the 20 % barrier at commercial scale and signalling perovskite’s market arrival.

Jun 9, 2025 // Technology, perovskite, solar modules, efficiency, SolaEon

IIT Bombay Pushes 4T Perovskite-Silicon Tandem Efficiency Past 29 Percent

IIT Bombay hits 29.14 % efficiency in four-terminal perovskite-silicon tandem by adding a 3 nm Al₂O₃ passivation layer, edging lab tandems toward 30 %.

Jun 5, 2025 // Technology, Manufacturing News, perovskite, IIT Bombay, Tandem Solar, ALD Passivation, India Research

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