The introduction of a nanometric germanium oxide layer drastically improved device performance and stability. As the global demand for clean energy accelerates, solar power continues to attract ...

Why do tin sulfide solar cells, a promising and eco-friendly material, struggle to reach their full theoretical potential? This question has long concerned scientists, while these devices ...

Solar cells, devices that can generate electricity from sunlight, are already helping to reduce fossil fuel emissions in many countries worldwide. In recent years, energy engineers have been assessing ...

A team at Fraunhofer ISE has created new imaging methods to measure losses in individual sub-cells of multi-junction solar cells based on perovskite-silicon and perovskite-perovskite-silicon ...

Researchers from Purdue and Emory Universities in the US have developed a way to supercharge the durability of ...

Radiation testing suggests that solar cells made from carbon-based, or organic, materials could outperform conventional silicon and gallium arsenide for generating electricity in the final frontier, a ...

The research advanced the durability of perovskite solar cells without compromising their exceptional efficiency, moving closer to a practical, low-cost alternative to silicon-based photovoltaics.

Silver prices have been climbing steadily in recent weeks, emerging as a prominent variable impacting the cost structure of the photovoltaic (PV) industry chain. This effect is rapidly transmitting to ...

Average module prices have stabilised to US$0.26/w in the US since November 2024. Chart: Anza. The origin of solar cells has had an impact on the price of US solar modules in the past few months, ...