Record-Setting Perovskite Solar Cells Close The Benchtop-To-Rooftop Gap
Perovskite solar cells are getting ready to make that giant leap from the lab bench to your rooftop array.
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Popular NREL Cell Efficiency Chart Now Better Presents Tandem Photovoltaics
NREL Photovoltaics Researchers Create a New Version of the Iconic Chart That Tracks World-Record PV Cells Across Many Technologies and Time The Best Research-Cell Efficiency Chart is one of the most-visited pages on the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL’s) website. It makes frequent appearances in presentations at photovoltaic (PV) research conferences, tracking … [continued]
Light, Flexible, Efficient Perovskite-Based Tandem Solar Cells
All-perovskite tandem solar cells could soon pick up where silicon solar cells reach their limits. These highly efficient, lightweight, and flexible cells have already proven themselves in the laboratory — now, Empa researchers are working on scaling them up and making them ready for the real world. Roof tiles are … [continued]
NREL Researchers Outline Path Forward for Tandem Solar Cells
As the old saying goes, two heads are better than one. The same is true when it comes to solar cells working in tandem. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have prepared a roadmap on how to move tandem solar cells—particularly those that mesh … [continued]
Researchers Take Major Step Toward Developing Next-Generation Solar Cells
The solar energy world is ready for a revolution. Scientists are racing to develop a new type of solar cell using materials that can convert electricity more efficiently than today’s panels. In a new paper published February 26 in the journal Nature Energy, a CU Boulder researcher and his international … [continued]
Direct Laser Writing On Halide Perovskites: From Mechanisms To Applications
Metal halide perovskites have become well-deserved “star” materials among a variety of semiconductors owing to their excellent optoelectronics properties, such as high photoluminescence (PL) quantum yield (QY), high absorption coefficient, tunable bandgaps, long carrier diffusion lengths, and high defect tolerance, attracting enormous attention from both academia and industry. Meanwhile, DLW, … [continued]
Perovskite Solar Cells To Conquer Space First, Earth Next
Low cost, game-changing perovskite solar cells could make a detour through outer space on their way to Earthly applications.
Space Solar Is Coming And Perovskites Are Hitching A Ride
Perovskite solar cells are among the new technologies being assessed for the ambitious space solar project under way at Caltech.
Army Of Pickup Trucks To Ding Diesel And Gas With New Solar Panels
The Canadian firm Worksport is on track to send solar panels flying onto millions of pickup trucks, electric or not, in the form of tonneau covers.
Perovskite Solar Cells Are Going Lead-Free, Eventually
Tin is one of the key materials in play for a new generation of perovskite solar cells as researchers look beyond lead for improvements in efficiency and stability.
