Photovoltaics News

RSS

Using Eco-Friendly Solvents to Produce Energy-Efficient Organic Solar Cells

A small guest molecule in the right place makes it possible to produce energy-efficient organic solar cells using eco-friendly solvents.

30 Nov 2021

PV Trade Patterns and Effects of Tariff Barriers on Emission Reduction Potential

The global photovoltaic (PV) trade is a key factor in increasing solar power generation and reducing total carbon emissions, helping to drive the world forward into a carbon-neutral future.

29 Nov 2021

Environmental Risks of Lead-Based Photovoltaic Technology

Intense focus has been placed on how the world will achieve net-zero by 2050. Perovskite solar cells have shown promise for improving the performance and efficiency of solar energy harvesting, but the environmental risks that arise from the use of toxic lead in them must be properly considered, states a paper published online in the One Earth journal.

25 Nov 2021

Light Activated Contraction Boosts Efficiency of Ultrathin Solar Cells

Using the Advanced Photon Source's ultrabright X-rays, researchers have determined that sunlight itself can improve the efficiency of 2D materials used to collect solar energy.

25 Nov 2021

Improving Solar Cells with Pristine Graphene on Lead Iodide Films

Solar energy is the focus of significant research and technological development due to its ability to harvest cheap, abundant energy from our sun.

23 Nov 2021

Research Unravels Mystery of High-Performing Solar Cell Materials

Researchers from the University of Cambridge have used a suite of correlative, multimodal microscopy methods to visualise, for the first time, why perovskite materials are seemingly so tolerant of defects in their structure. Their findings were published today in Nature Nanotechnology.

23 Nov 2021

Researchers Develop High-Efficiency Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells

Immense interest has been gained by flexible solar cells due to their excellent properties of lightweight, portability, and flexibility. Such features provide a guarantee for applications in areas such as wearable power sources, aerospace, and building-integrated photovoltaics.

19 Nov 2021

Design of Hydrogenated Intrinsic Amorphous Silicon in Heterojunction Solar Cells

A study conducted by a team of German researchers and funded by the German federal ministry of economic affairs and energy achieved an increased certified energy conversion efficiency from 23.55% up to 24.51% for silicon heterojunction solar cells by enhancing the design of the hydrogenated intrinsic amorphous silicon on the rear side of the solar cell and the back reflector.

18 Nov 2021

Improving Performance of Photovoltaic Systems with Iron-Based Sensitizers

Solar energy plays an important role in the fight against climate change as a substitute for fossil fuels. Dye-sensitized solar cells promise to be a low-cost supplement to the photovoltaic systems we know today.

17 Nov 2021

Chinese Road Transport: Economic Viability of Green Hydrogen in EVs

A group of researchers has recently investigated the economic viability of green hydrogen in electric vehicles (EVs) for road transportation in China, published in the journal Energy Policy.

15 Nov 2021

Editorial Highlights