In general, solar PV deposited on glass is significantly more efficient than thin film, but this is the price you pay for off-world deployments. Paul Warley, CEO of Colorado-based Ascent Solar, told ...

A team of researchers led by the UK’s University of Cambridge has developed an adhesive-free method of bonding ultra-thin gallium arsenide (GaAs) solar cells to borosilicate glass. The technique, ...

Chinese wafer producer TCL Zhonghuan is planning to take a controlling stake in cell and module manufacturer DAS Solar.

Solar power is already one of the fastest growing sources of electricity on the planet, yet scientists say it is still only ...

An international research team has fabricated organic solar cells using non-toxic solvents. The researchers identified interactions between the acceptor material side chains and the solvent, along ...

Solar power is one of the fastest-growing renewable energy technologies globally. With rising energy demands, decarbonisation ...

The article 'Semitransparent colour tunable perovskite solar cells with 3D pillar structure' explains that the colour tuning ...

New semi-transparent solar cells use 3D-printed pillars to adjust color and light transmission without changing the solar ...

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 ...

Barium disilicide (BaSi 2) films have attracted considerable attention in the field of solar cell technology due to their earth-abundance, unique semiconducting properties, and potential for high ...

Scientists at The University of Manchester have developed a method to make perovskite solar cell technology both highly ...

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