Researchers have revealed a class of materials that could be better at converting sunlight into energy than those currently used in solar arrays. Their findings show how a ferroelectric insulator can ...
Energy can never be created or destroyed. That's basic Physics 101. You simply cannot create energy out of thin air. Yet ...
Scientists have set a new solar-to-grid system conversion efficiency record by achieving a 31.25 percent net efficiency rate. The old 1984 record of 29.4 percent was toppled Jan. 31 on SES's "Serial ...
German solar technology firm Heliatek claims to have outdone itself by setting a new world record for directly converting sunlight into electricity using organic photovoltaic cells. In 2012 it claimed ...
TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced it has established yet another world record for cadmium-telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) research cell conversion ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers have revealed that a type of salt can improve the efficiency of perovskite solar cells. Called guanidinium thiocyanate ...
Today’s dominant photovoltaic technologies rely on single-junction devices, which are approaching their practical efficiency limit of 25–27%. Therefore, researchers are increasingly turning to ...
Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the University of Colorado have collaborated to develop a high-efficiency dual-junction solar cell, which includes a thin multi-quantum-well ...
Thermophotovoltaic is the term used to describe direct energy conversion process from heat to electricity. Although this principle is still under development, scientists from MIT were able to build a ...
LONGi Solar’s module shipments for 2020 reached a record 24.53GW. Image: LONGi Solar. LONGi Solar has set a new record conversion efficiency for an n-type monocrystalline bifacial TOPCon cell of 25.09 ...
Designers of solar cells may soon be setting their sights higher, as a discovery by a team of researchers has revealed a class of materials that could be better at converting sunlight into energy than ...