Silicon solar cells were supposed to be running out of headroom, yet a new device has pushed their performance to 27.81% efficiency and reset expectations for what a single-junction cell can do. That ...

A U.S. solar panel manufacturer will soon be producing silicon panels with perovskite-coated glass, a first for the country.

Multicrystalline silicon remains the cornerstone of photovoltaic device production, benefitting from a balance between performance and cost. The manufacturing process typically involves directional ...

Patents have been filed for an innovative silicon solar cell coating that could increase efficiency, reduce heat, and extend panel lifetimes using singlet fission, according to pv magazine.

Tandem PV, a pioneer in high-efficiency perovskite-silicon solar panels, today announced the opening of its commercial demonstration factory in Fremont, California. The facility marks a major step ...

The LEEMONS project is researching nanostructured silicon that uses low-energy electron multiplication (LEEM) to allow one high-energy photon to generate multiple electrons, reducing energy losses in ...

Expanding U.S. solar cell manufacturing capacity targets an “important bottleneck," Keith Adams, Deloitte’s U.S. renewable ...

Converting sunlight into electricity is the task of photovoltaic solar cells, but nearly half the light that reaches a flat silicon solar cell surface is lost to reflection. While traditional ...

Perovskite-silicon solar technology company Tandem PV has begun demonstration manufacturing in Fremont, California. In a ...

Human activities in space have been solar powered for more than 70 years. Now, as the space industry accelerates, new ...