The Best Is Yet To Come: New Tandem Silicon-Perovskite Solar Cell Sets Record
The leading Chinese solar firm LONGi breaks another conversion record with its new silicon-perovskite tandem solar cell.
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Graphene/TMDC Combination For Next-Gen Solar Cells
By combining the wonder material graphene with other one-atom-thick materials, such as TMDC, to make stacks/2D-crystals, it becomes possible to produce an enormous range of superlative properties, and likely to create the “next generation” of solar cells, according to researchers from the University of Manchester and the National University of … [continued]
Theoretical Limit Of Solar Cell Efficiency Probably Broken
A simple, single nanowire crystal is capable of super-concentrating the intensity of the sunlight that it is exposed to up to a factor of 15, researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have discovered. The surprising discovery means that the assumed limit to solar cell efficiency, the “Shockley-Queisser Limit,” can likely … [continued]
Next-Generation Of Solar Cells, Capturing More Sunlight With Microbeads
“Micro beads” may be the key to extremely thin (and much cheaper) next generation solar cells. Solar cells 20 times thinner than the solar cells of today are only 5-7 years off, according to the nano-scientists that are currently developing them. The estimate, as of right now, is that the … [continued]
