One More Slice to Drive the Solar Stack

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2022 22:35:35 +0000

Inserting a metal fluoride layer in multilayered perovskite–silicon tandem solar cells can stall charge recombination and enhance performance, KAUST researchers have found. By King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) Tandem solar cells that combine perovskite and silicon-based subcells in one device are expected to better capture and convert sunlight into electricity than their […]

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Fully Scalable All-Perovskite Tandem Solar Modules

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2022 23:20:13 +0000

Optimized Light Paths, High-throughput Laser Scribing and the Use of Established Coating Processes Paves the Way to Commercial Viability – Publication in Nature Energy

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Tata Steel Eyes Perovskite Solar Cells For Greenest Roof Of Them All

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2022 21:00:37 +0000

Flexible perovskite solar cellTata Steel aims to capture the huge solar roofing market with perovskite solar cells on metal cladding.

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New Solar Tech Achieves Commercially Viable Lifetime

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2022 12:00:03 +0000

An emerging class of solar energy technology, made with perovskite semiconductors, has passed the long-sought milestone of a 30-year lifetime. The Princeton Engineering researchers who designed the new device also revealed a new method for testing long-term performance, a key hurdle on the road to commercialization.

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New Additives to Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells Boost Efficiency, Stability

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2022 21:06:32 +0000

Scientists From NREL, CU-Boulder, University of Toledo Collaborate on Improved Formula Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have demonstrated a tin-lead perovskite cell that overcomes problems with stability and improves efficiency. The new cell, a tandem design with two layers of perovskites, measured a 25.5% efficiency. Perovskites have emerged […]

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Scientists Decide How To Prove Out Perovskite Panels For Space Power

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2022 00:08:05 +0000

Perovskites, which have shown enormous potential as a new semiconductor for solar cells, are gaining attention as well as a potential next-generation technology to also power spacefaring missions. As scientists around the globe continue efforts toward harnessing the potential of perovskites on Earth, others are looking into how well the technology might work in the […]

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Researchers Use Artificial Intelligence To Optimize Spray-On Solar Cell Technology

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 20:25:27 +0000

perovskite solar cellsSpray on perovskite solar cells could make abundant solar electricity possible worldwide but finding the correct formula could require billions of calculations. Researchers at the University of Central Florida think artificial intelligence could help.

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