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Oxford PV Sets New Efficiency Record of 28.6% for Commercial-Sized Solar Cell

Oxford PV,  a UK-based solar cell manufacturing company, has achieved a new world record conversion efficiency of 28.6% for a commercial-sized solar cell by depositing a...

May 26, 2023

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One-Step Coating Could Make Perovskite Solar Cells Commercially Viable

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has devised a new way to produce perovskite solar cells that could speed its commercialization. Different layers are...

March 24, 2023

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Swedish Firm Says Perovskite-CIGS Tandem Solar Cells Yield 24.9% Efficiency

Midsummer, a Swedish developer, in collaboration with researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), has developed a four-terminal perovskite-CIGS...

March 23, 2023

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Researchers Say Making Metal Halide Perovskite Solar Cells Saves Input Energy

Researchers at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) have found that solar cells made of metal halide perovskites achieve high efficiencies and can be produced from liquid inks...

March 17, 2023

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Researchers Find a Way to Make Low-Cost Perovskite Solar Cells at Scale

Researchers at Swansea University in Wales, United Kingdom have established a low-cost and scalable carbon ink formulation capable of unlocking the potential for the...

March 16, 2023

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Researchers Convert Algae into Functional Perovskites with Tunable Properties

Researchers at the Dresden University of Technology have transformed single-cell algae into functional perovskite materials by converting mineral shells into lead halide...

March 14, 2023

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Daily News Wrap-Up: ALMM Approval Delay Restricts Solar Module Supply

Even as the industry awaits official order on lifting the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM) mandate for developers due to the lack of domestic solar...

March 6, 2023

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Daily News Wrap-Up: Module Price Drop an Outlier or a Trend?

Prices of solar modules imported from China are trending downward, worrying domestic manufacturers because they can’t compete if prices keep declining. Imported module...

February 27, 2023

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Researchers Say Perovskite Durability Improves With New Material Layer

An international team of researchers has developed a new technique to enhance the durability of inverted perovskite solar cells, which can be an essential step toward...

February 24, 2023

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Researchers Say Color-Coding Aids Evaluation of New Solar Tech Materials

Researchers at Cornell University have found that colors can help measure how energy moves through a specific type of crystal, called a metal-organic framework (MOF), in...

February 23, 2023

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Researchers Find a Method to Increase Perovskite Efficiency by 250%

Researchers from the University of Rochester have discovered a novel method to increase perovskites’ light conversion efficiency by 250%. It involves using a substrate...

February 21, 2023

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Research Says Highly Efficient Halide Perovskite Solar Cells Are Unstable

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology said they have discovered that halide perovskite solar cells are far less stable than previously thought and revealed...

February 14, 2023

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Perovskite Solar Cells Retain Efficiency During Temperature Fluctuations

Researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) said that they have produced perovskite solar cells to achieve efficiencies of well above 24%, which are resistant to...

January 31, 2023

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Researchers Improve Perovskite Solar Cell’s Resistance to Degradation

Researchers at the École Polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea have identified the cause behind the degradation of...

January 23, 2023

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IIT Researchers Say Organic Solar Cell Turns Steel Roof into a Power Source

Researchers at IIT Kanpur said they have developed organic solar cells consisting of a combination of an organic polymer and PCBM — an organic semiconductor —...

December 26, 2022

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