Saudi Arabia: New innovations are going on around the world to increase the efficiency of solar cells and now there is an important development in this field, under which The efficiency of perovskite, silicon sandwich (tandem) solar cells has been dramatically increased by adding metal fluoride. Experts from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology […]
Gates-Backed Solar Company Seeks to Boost Power Output in Merger
A solar-technology firm backed by the Bill Gates-led Breakthrough Energy Ventures is seeking to boost output of photovoltaic panels as much as 30% by joining forces with a company developing an advanced cell material. Massachusetts-based 1366 Technologies Inc., which makes wafers for solar cells, is merging with Hunt Perovskite Technologies LLC, according to a statement. […]
”Gold Electrode” to Facilitate Solar Windows in Achieving New Conversion Record of 19.8% for Semi-Transparent Perovskite
Being the next generation high profile cell, there are numerous studies regarding perovskite solar, and US scientists have recently introduced a brand new ultra-thin gold electrode, which not only produced a record 19.8% semi-transparent perovskite cell when applied on perovskite solar, but also achieved an efficiency of 28.3% when concatenated with silicon solar. Perovskite solar […]
Methylammonium-Free Perovskite Solar Cell With Slot-Die Coating, 18% Efficiency
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and Université Grenoble Alpes in France have combined a slot-die coating technique with gas quenching and substrate heating to fabricate a perovskite solar cell with an active area of over 0.09 cm2 and a power conversion efficiency of 18%. Gas quenching is used primarily in connection with hardening […]
Korea sets yet another world record in perovskite solar cell
A researcher from the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology holds out a perovskite solar cell, which it says boasts the world’s highest efficiency rate, Tuesday. Co-developed by UNIST, the Korea Institute of Energy Research and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, the next-generation solar cell can convert solar energy into usable energy at […]
Korean researchers achieve record conversion rate of Perovskite solar cells
A local team of researchers in South Korea have taken a meaningful step towards the commercialization of Perovskite solar cells, the next big thing in solar cells industry. Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) announced a South Korean research team led by Kim Jin-young, an energy chemical engineering professor at UNIST, and Kim […]
Oxford PV breaks record for solar power efficiency
Oxford PV sets new world record for the amount of the sun’s energy that can be converted into electricity by a single solar cell An Oxford-based lab has created a photovoltaic solar cell that it says has surpassed the efficiency that silicon can ever reach. Oxford PV, a spin-off from the University, says it has […]
Inverted perovskite solar cells with an efficiency of >21%
Abstract Efficient and stable perovskite solar cells with a simple active layer are desirable for manufacturing. Three-dimensional perovskite solar cells are most efficient but need to have improved environmental stability. Inclusion of larger ammonium salts has led to a trade-off between improved stability and efficiency, which is attributed to the perovskite films containing a two-dimensional […]
Monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cell with >29% efficiency
Monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cell with >29% efficiency by enhanced hole extraction Efficiency from hole-selective contacts Perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells must stabilize a perovskite material with a wide bandgap and also maintain efficient charge carrier transport. Al-Ashouri et al. stabilized a perovskite with a 1.68–electron volt bandgap with a self-assembled monolayer that acted as an efficient hole-selective […]
New record efficiency for flexible perovskite solar cells
Scientists have developed a material for flexible perovskite solar cells that uses sunlight-generated electrons more effectively, obtaining a new record efficiency of 20.7%. The material includes a porous planar electron transport layer that improves the interaction between its electrodes and perovskite layer, increasing performance to nudge the concept closer to real-world applications. The most efficient […]