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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 ...
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Custom-built tandem solar cell converts record 25.5% sunlight into electricity

Size matters in solar physics. Scientists in Germany may have just unlocked the next ...
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Efficient production of solar hydrogen through direct coupling of concentrating solar cells and electrolyzer

Splitting hydrogen from water molecules via electrolysis requires energy, which ideally comes from renewable energy sources.
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 ...
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 ...
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Hanwha Qcells completes US solar hub, lunar tandem supply

Hanwha Solutions Qcells Division (Hanwha Qcells) is constructing a solar integrated production base called 'Solar Hub' in ...