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Evolar AB has developed a unique technology that provides 25% more electricity at a low cost, PV Power Booster. This tandem solar cell technology means that a second very thin solar cell layer of the material perovskite is introduced. ...
Solar cells made solely from materials in Groups III and V of the Periodic Table have shown high efficiencies, but are more expensive. ...
"Despite places like Australia being bathed in sun, the cost of traditional silicon-based solar cells hasn't inspired people to buy, buy, buy," said Johnny Lieu at Mashable​. But new superthin, printable solar panels could bring the price of rooftop solar power down dramatically. Researchers at the University of ...
Scientists at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have been able to pinpoint for the first time what happens during a key manufacturing process of silicon solar cells. Their paper, "The formation mechanism for printed silver-contacts for silicon solar ...
They don’t claim to be experts at making perovskite solar cells optimized for maximum efficiency. But if the cells they made using the two starting materials performed equally well, then “people who are skilled in fine-tuning these solar cells to get 20 percent efficiencies would be able to use our ...
In 2011, Nozik’s group at NREL was the first to report on a solar cell that produces a photocurrent that has an external quantum efficiency greater than 100 percent when excited with photons from the high energy region of the solar spectrum. ...
Scientists boosted the significance of tandem polymer solar cells by successfully testing cells with low-bandgap polymers that achieved certified conversion efficiencies of 8.62 ± 0.3% with respect to standard terrestrial reporting conditions. ...
One-of-a-kind platforms that have the ability to bridge the gap between photovoltaic (PV) module and cell efficiencies are opening their stainless steel arms to industry, academia, stakeholders, and other entities on Aug. 4 at a Collaborative Showcase at the Process Development Integration Laboratory (PDIL) at the U.S. ...
NREL’s PDIL is now fully operational and is a unique facility for testing, measuring, and processing solar cells to maximize the research benefits and minimize the technology development risks. ...
Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is partnering with major international industrial technology and solar research organizations to test how solar cells from three manufacturers perform in two geographic locations with different lighting conditions. ...