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

Imagine turning any surface into a power source with ultra-lightweight, paper-thin solar cells. Thanks to researchers at MIT, this vision is becoming a reality. These innovative solar cells are so ...

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

First Solar will invest $330 million in a new South Carolina factory, which will add 600 jobs and increase US-made solar capacity by 3.7 GW.

Scientists have unlocked a new way to make solar panels far more efficient—up to 1,000 times better than current methods. The team at a German university achieved this by engineering ultra-thin, ...

Thin film solar cells represent a promising avenue towards cost-effective and sustainable photovoltaic energy conversion. These devices utilise semiconductor layers with thicknesses in the order of ...

First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) (the "Company" or "First Solar") today announced that it will establish a new facility in Gaffney, Cherokee County, South Carolina, to onshore final production ...

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 ...

Professor Yoke Khin Yap and his research group are improving the efficiency of solar cells one quantum dot at a time. × To sustainably power our digital future, the world needs more — and more ...

A team of researchers led by the UK’s University of Cambridge has developed an adhesive-free method of bonding ultra-thin gallium arsenide (GaAs) solar cells to borosilicate glass. The technique, ...

Flexible solar panels are thinner, lighter and more versatile than standard ones, making them ideal for curved roofs, campervans and boats ...