Researchers at Tohoku University in Japan claim to have developed a tin(II) sulfide (SnS) solar cell with a high open-circuit voltage, due to an SnS interface exhibiting large band bending. The novel ...

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, ...

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 ...

Cu2SnS3 (CTS) thin films have emerged as a promising class of absorber materials for thin film solar cells due to their earth‐abundant, non‐toxic constituents and favourable optical and electronic ...

Researchers at the Saitama University in Japan have fabricated a thin-film perovskite solar cell based on fluorinated phosphoric acid passivating additives and mixed solvents for passivating halide ...

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 ...

First Solar said Friday it plans to build a new $330 million manufacturing facility in Gaffney, South Carolina, to onshore ...

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 ...

AMOLF group leader Esther Alarcon Llado says: “based on the strong light trapping performance of our patterns, we estimate that PV efficiencies above 20% could be achieved for a 1 μm-thick c-Si cell, ...

(Nanowerk News) Bifacial thin film solar cells based on copper indium gallium diselenide or CIGS can collect solar energy from both their front and their rear side – and thus potentially yield more ...

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 ...

First Solar, Inc. is expanding its presence in South Carolina with a new production facility in Cherokee County, expected to ...