Solar Technology & PV R&D News

A team of scientists at EPFL have actually developed a method that improves both power conversion performance as well as stability of solar cells based upon pure iodide as well as mixed-halide perovskites.

Reports recommend that the Tokyo metropolitan government will certainly begin joint research study with a major Japanese chemical manufacturer on perovskite-based solar cells, that are film-thin, lightweight and bendable, as part of its efforts to promote the use of renewable resource.

Scientists from Singapore's Nanyang Technological University have actually examined exactly how thermal evaporation (TE) could be used to produce small perovskite solar modules. TE are fully grown techniques that are typically utilized in the microelectronic and optoelectronic markets to create natural light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), metal contacts, as well as various coatings.

An archeological park in Pompeii as well as Evora city in Portugal have actually introduced solar panels that look like Roman tiles that match the skyline of the city. With this advancement, architectural constraints have actually been made into properties, while additionally giving a boost to culture as well as the principle of sustainability.

The globe's initial solid-state photovoltaics were reported in 1883, and were made up of selenium, which at some point led to the growth of the present-day photovoltaics, although the wide bandgap of selenium was limiting for applications of sunlight harvesting.

Hybrid perovskites are materials made from metal halide frameworks intermixed with natural cations.

Early in December, JinkoSolar (Jinko) exposed that it has actually made a substantial advancement in the production of large-sized N-type cells. Jinko has demonstrated that it has attained a new high conversion efficiency rate for N-type TOPCon cells that are 182mm or higher in size, with China's National Institute of Metrology serving as the authoritative third-party certifier.

Scientists in the United States have actually established thin-film materials with photovoltaic cells capable of generating power. Much lighter than routine solar panels, they can be included in any kind of type of surface, including clothing!

Chile's non-conventional renewables created 35.7% of the nation's electricity in November, reads the most up to date report on the field from Chilean power commission CNE.

Making use of enhanced halide perovskite in place of silicon can create less expensive devices that stand up better to light, heat.

A new technique to manufacturing perovskite solar cells has actually addressed previous problems as well as yielded devices with high effectiveness and superb stability, scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) report in the new issue of the journal Science.

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.

To tackle international warming, designers have actually been trying to create increasingly innovative technologies that can generate as well as keep electric energy more sustainably. One of the most renowned among these technologies are solar cells, gadgets based on photovoltaic or pv products that can convert solar radiation into electricity.

A group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed a process to bond ultra-thin solar cells to a durable fiber composite utilizing a UV-resistant adhesive.

The existing globe record of tandem solar cells containing a silicon bottom cell as well as a perovskite top cell has once again been broken at HZB. The new tandem solar cell converts 32.5% of the case solar radiation right into electric power.