Solar Technology & PV R&D News

Swedish dye-sensitised solar cell (DSSC) business Exeger has actually increased SEK178.9 million (US$ 19 million) to support the continued roll-out of its flexible solar cell modern technology, Powerfoyle.

So far, solar cells based on polycrystalline cadmium selenide telluride (CdSeTe) have actually shown some crucial constraints, despite their low construction costs as well as useful qualities. Most notably, these solar cells display higher voltage losses than other mature photovoltaic or pv innovations (crystalline silicon, for example) as well as this considerably hinders their efficiency and also performance.

New research from the University of Georgia recommends a novel method to guarding one feasible target of a cyberattack-- the country's solar farms. In a research released in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, a group in UGA's College of Engineering presented a sensing unit system that keeps an eye on an essential electrical component of solar farms for indications of cyber-intrusion in real time.

The chemical process of halogen bonding has "considerable potential for the advancement of a new generation of solar cells based upon perovskites", according to scientists at the Polytechnic University of Milan.

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.

Transistors are digital components that intensify as well as control the flow of electricity inside many existing electronic devices. Researchers at Pohang University of Science and also Technology and the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China have actually just recently developed and realized high-performance transistors using CsSnI3, a metal halide perovskite.

A study team led by Professor Iván Mora Seró from the Institute of Advanced Materials (INAM) of the Universitat Jaume I of Castelló has taken care of to improve the effectiveness and durability of tin perovskite solar cells.

Heterojunction (HJT) devices producer Maxwell Technologies and also Australian solar innovation startup SunDrive have actually claimed a breakthrough in mass production HJT technology after recording a conversion effectiveness of 26.07% with a commercial-size solar PV cell.

Australian electrolyser manufacturer Hysata claims its electrolyser technology can enable hydrogen production costs to fall below US$ 1.5/ kg by the mid-2020s.

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.

In the future, decarbonized cultures that utilize internet of things (IoT) tools will become commonplace. However to achieve this, we need to first realize very effective and stable sources of renewable resource.

A team of researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has actually developed a waterless and contactless solution which it states can cleanse the dust off photovoltaic panels without compromising the panels effectiveness.

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.

The record was set by energy solutions supplier Q CELLS as well as German research centre Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin. The 28.7% effectiveness was accomplished for a 2-terminal tandem solar cell combining a mass-production all set silicon bottom cell based on Q.ANTUM modern technology as well as a top-cell based upon perovskite innovation.

Scientists from the University of Calgary (UCalgary), with aid from colleagues at the University of Saskatchewan (USask), are one action better to creating solar electronics that are flexible, effective, as well as far better for the environment.