Solar cells, devices that can generate electricity from sunlight, are already helping to reduce fossil fuel emissions in many ...

Perovskite solar cells are a high-efficiency, low-cost alternative to traditional silicon-based solar panels. With the perovskite solar cell industry expected to reach $1.2 billion by 2033, there’s ...

An international research team has conducted an extensive review of all back-contact (BC) solar cell types in an effort to accelerate their commercial development. The scientists grouped the cell ...

Perovskite solar cells are a promising alternative to traditional silicon solar panels but have poor durability. Professor Ted Sargent, Research associate professor Bin Chen, Postdoctoral fellows ...

Combining two semiconductor thin films into a tandem solar cell can achieve high efficiencies with a minimal environmental footprint. Teams have now presented a CIGS-perovskite tandem cell that sets a ...

NUS researchers have developed a vapor-deposition method that dramatically improves the long-term and high-temperature ...

Solar panels are an increasingly efficient, cost-effective, and higher-power-density renewable-energy source, though most ...

A group of scientists from Chinese solar module maker Longi has described in a new scientific paper the 27.81%-efficient hybrid interdigitated back-contact (HIBC) solar cell it unveiled in April 2025.

Researchers said the breakthrough "paves the way for electronics powered by the ambient light already present in our lives." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Nov 8 (Reuters) - U.S. solar company Suniva has started producing cells at its Georgia factory and is shipping them to customers, executives told Reuters, calling it a milestone in the effort to build ...