Each day in the U.S., and particularly in Arizona, we receive enormous amounts of energy in the form of light from the sun. Photovoltaic solar cells can capture the sun's energy and convert it into ...

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 ...

Researchers in the U.S. tested the degradation of antimony chalcogenide solar cells exposed to proton radiation. The result indicated a robust tolerance and potential for use in space.

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 ...

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 ...

8 July 2008 – According to a new study by NanoMarkets, a US industry analyst firm, the thin-film photovoltaics (TFPV) market will produce the equivalent of 26 GW by 2015, and will generate well over ...

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, ...

A research team at Estonia's Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) has developed a solar cell based on bismuth trisulfide (Bi2S3) using close-spaced sublimation (CSS), which is a physical vapor ...

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 ...

Solexant, a secretive solar cell developer in Sunnyvale, Calif, has raised $4.3 million in a first round of capital to develop a prototype of its technology. The funding came to light in a regulatory ...

Perovskite solar cells are widely regarded as the next generation photovoltaic technology. However, they are not yet stable ...

Their approach hints that tin-based perovskites could be used to make solar cells that are not only really environmentally ...