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Researchers Find 20% of Solar Panels Degrade Faster than Expected

Around a fifth of the solar panels examined in a news study by the University of New South Wales (UNSW) were found to fail much faster than expected, with some likely to...

January 13, 2026

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Researchers Develop Method to Recover 97% Silver from Used Solar Panels

Researchers at the University of Newcastle have developed a safe and effective method to recover high-grade silver from end-of-life solar panels without using acid,...

January 13, 2026

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Meghana Prasad

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RenewSys to Supply 300 MW of Solar Encapsulants to Icon Solar

Mumbai-headquartered RenewSys India, manufacturer of solar modules and key components, has signed an agreement to supply 300 MW of high-performance solar encapsulants to...

December 31, 2025

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Parth Shukla

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Researchers Develop Protective Polymer Coating for Perovskite Cells

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have reported the development of a lightweight, two-dimensional polyaramid polymer that can serve as a...

November 20, 2025

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Meghana Prasad

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Singlet Fission Can Enhance Silicon Solar Cell Efficiency: Research

Researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney claim they have increased the efficiency of solar technology by utilizing the concept of singlet fission,...

November 5, 2025

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Parth Shukla

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Researchers Report Record Efficiency for Triple-Junction Perovskite Cells

A team led by researchers from the University of Sydney has claimed it created the largest and most efficient triple-junction perovskite-perovskite-silicon tandem solar...

October 15, 2025

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Jinko Announces 25.58% N-Type TOPCon Solar Module Conversion Efficiency

Chinese solar cell and module, and energy storage system (ESS) supplier JinkoSolar has claimed it has independently developed N-type tunnel oxide passivated contact...

July 2, 2025

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Top Robotic Solar Module Cleaning Equipment Suppliers in 2024

Taypro, Langfang Sol-Bright New Energy Technology, Airtouch Solar, Vayu Solar, and LEAPTING were the top five robotic solar module cleaning equipment suppliers to the...

June 3, 2025

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Yogeshwaran M

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MIT Research Demonstrates 29% Boost in Silicon Solar Cell Efficiency

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have demonstrated a new interface architecture that pushes the traditional silicon solar cell’s efficiency...

June 2, 2025

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NREL Claims a Boost in Perovskite Solar Cell Efficiency Using Ionic Salt

A study by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has claimed it has improved perovskite solar cell (PSC) technology performance by...

May 12, 2025

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Fraunhofer Cuts Silver Use in Solar Cells to One-Tenth of Industry Standard

Scientists at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE (Fraunhofer ISE) have claimed to have produced silicon heterojunction solar cells (SHJ) with a...

May 2, 2025

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UV Tests Exaggerate Degradation in TOPCon Modules: Fraunhofer ISE

The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE (Fraunhofer ISE) announced that its latest research has found that ultraviolet (UV) tests rate degradation of...

April 17, 2025

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Tina Freese

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German Researchers Claim 26.4% Efficiency for CIGS-Perovskite Tandem Cell

Researchers from  Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and Humboldt University, Berlin, have announced achieving an efficiency of 24.6% with a copper indium gallium selenide...

February 12, 2025

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Tina Freese

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JinkoSolar Reports 33.84% Perovskite Tandem Solar Cell Efficiency

China-based solar module manufacturer JinkoSolar Holding has claimed that its N-type tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon)-based perovskite tandem solar cell achieved...

January 8, 2025

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Researchers Develop Material to Improve Efficiency of Sodium-Ion Batteries

Researchers from the Canepa Research Laboratory at the University of Houston, in collaboration with French institutions, have developed a new material – sodium...

December 25, 2024

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