Silicon solar cells were supposed to be running out of headroom, yet a new device has pushed their performance to 27.81% ...

Solar panels made from silicon already adorn rooftops and vast fields around the world—but they are reaching their ...

Winter might seem like the worst season for getting energy from solar panels, due to less sunlight and more snow, but as it ...

The ASTM G173 Standard Spectral Distribution of Sunlight represents a standard, reference solar spectrum that is used for solar photovoltaics testing and calibration purposes. It was defined in the ...

Researchers from Fraunhofer’s ‘MaNiTU’ project produced a perovskite silicon tandem solar cell with a conversion efficiency of 31.6% on an area of 1cm². Image: Fraunhofer ISE. In a joint project ...

Researchers have developed a perovskite-organic tandem solar cell that achieves 26.4 percent efficiency. Unlike rigid silicon modules, the lightweight design can generate power on curved or flexible ...

Single-layer silicon metasurface achieves ultralow reflection, setting new standard for antireflective coatings in solar cells. Metasurface-based silicon antireflective coating. Click for info.

Sebastian Bonilla receives funding from UK Research and Innovation, The Royal Academy of Engineering, and The Leverhulme Trust. The sight of solar panels installed on rooftops and large energy farms ...