This careful optimization has not only pushed the boundaries of current technology but also underscored the potential of CIGS-based tandem solar cells to make significant progress ...

Researchers from HZB and Humboldt University Berlin have developed a CIGS-perovskite tandem solar cell that achieves a record ...

Combining two semiconductor thin films into a tandem solar cell can achieve high efficiencies with a minimal environmental footprint. Teams have now presented a CIGS-perovskite tandem cell that sets a ...

Will Norman asks if mass-scale deployment of perovskite technology is now imminent and whether it could unseat crystalline ...

Thin film material own the property of bandgap and requires ten times lesser quantity of substrate material to absorb light as compared to other solar cells. These are employed in wide range of ...

All the necessary equipment and supplies can be readily obtained from multiple sources, short-circuiting China’s domination of the supply chain for silicon-based solar cells. Unlike earlier thin-film ...

In a study published in Nature, researchers at Linköping University have developed a method to recycle all parts of a solar ...

And the lower cost of producing these lightweight cells, printed on flexible plastic, means that manufacturing can remain in ...

A Trick of Light: Researchers Turn Silicon Into Direct Bandgap Semiconductor ... improved the performance of kesterite (CZTSSe) thin-film solar cells. They developed a new method for doping ...

Another form, amorphous silicon, is used to make the glass that covers solar panels, but it has also found its own use in thin-film solar cells. This type of silicon has an irregular or amorphous ...

Lightweight, robust, radiation-resilient photovoltaics are critical technologies for many aerospace applications. OPV cells ...