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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

US cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film solar manufacturer First Solar has agreed to pursue further thin-film technology development with Germany’s Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research ...

Researchers in South Korea have developed a process to enable colored and flexible, thin film modules suitable for vehicle and building-integrated PV applications. It is reportedly a low-cost process ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The world’s first transparent thin-film solar cell has been created by a research team under the direction of Dr. Jung-dae Kwon from the Department of Energy & Electronic Materials at the Korea ...