On this luminescent solar concentrator prepared in Carter’s lab, the photovoltaic cells have been left off one edge so that the luminescent light can be seen. Photo courtesy of S. Carter. Sue Carter, ...

The team of more than 20 experts is optimistic about its advancement. Scientists achieve major breakthrough that could ...

Thin film material own the property of bandgap and requires ten times lesser quantity of substrate material to absorb light as compared to other solar cells. These are employed in wide range of ...

As solar power has been developed and popularized across the globe over the last several decades, the industry has given way to more recent innovation that allows for higher efficiency in irregular ...

Antimony-based thin film solar cells have emerged as a promising class of photovoltaic devices, blending earth-abundant, non-toxic materials with facile fabrication processes and excellent optical ...

Silicon-free tandem solar cells are a topic of research for commercial, academic, and institutional labs in the United States. Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

An international team of researchers has raised the efficiency of perovskite solar cells to nearly 27 percent after ...

TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced it has set a world record for cadmium-telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) research cell conversion efficiency, achieving ...