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Tandem solar cell sets 25.5% efficiency record with CIGS-perovskite design

A Berlin-based team from HZB and Center for the Science of Materials Berlin (CSMB) at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin has set ...
pv magazine International

U.S. scientists build graphene-based solar cells than can charge supercapacitors

Researchers from the University of Arkansas in the United States have fabricated a graphene-based solar cell that can be used in Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The device was developed in the ...
Nature

Solar cells that combine multiple perovskite layers surpass 30% efficiency

Perovskites are promising materials for solar cells. A layer of dipolar molecules at the perovskite surface improves the efficiency of these devices. Read the paper: All-perovskite tandem solar cells ...
pv magazine International

SoftBank Corp.’s Research on High Energy Density Battery Packs and High-efficiency Solar Cells for HAPS Adopted by NEDO for New Four-year Project

The research is part of the initiative titled “Development and Verification of Maritime Domain Awareness Technology Using High-Altitude Unmanned Aircraft” under the “Key and Advanced Technology R&D ...
Science Daily

These cheap solar cells work better because they’re flawed

Perovskite solar cells shouldn’t work as well as they do—but they do. Scientists have now discovered that defects inside the material actually help, creating networks that separate and guide electric ...
New Atlas

Transparent solar cells could be mounted right on windows

One of the hindrances to large-scale solar adoption, especially in cities, is where to install the chunky panels. Rooftops? Skyscraper walls? Vast open spaces that dense urban centers barely have in ...