Researchers in the U.S. tested the degradation of antimony chalcogenide solar cells exposed to proton radiation. The result indicated a robust tolerance and potential for use in space.

Perovskite solar cells are widely regarded as the next generation photovoltaic technology. However, they are not yet stable ...

An Arizona manufacturer struck an research agreement with NASA, while a company in Colorado will supply thin-film solar to an ...

Their approach hints that tin-based perovskites could be used to make solar cells that are not only really environmentally ...

Researchers at the Saitama University in Japan have fabricated a thin-film perovskite solar cell based on fluorinated phosphoric acid passivating additives and mixed solvents for passivating halide ...

Each day in the U.S., and particularly in Arizona, we receive enormous amounts of energy in the form of light from the sun. Photovoltaic solar cells can capture the sun's energy and convert it into ...

Cu2SnS3 (CTS) thin films have emerged as a promising class of absorber materials for thin film solar cells due to their earth‐abundant, non‐toxic constituents and favourable optical and electronic ...

What are Thin Film Solar Cells? Thin film solar cells are second-generation devices that are produced by depositing one or more thin layers of photovoltaic materials on a substrate. Common substrates ...

TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced it has set a world record for cadmium-telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) research cell conversion efficiency, achieving ...

8 July 2008 – According to a new study by NanoMarkets, a US industry analyst firm, the thin-film photovoltaics (TFPV) market will produce the equivalent of 26 GW by 2015, and will generate well over ...

AMOLF group leader Esther Alarcon Llado says: “based on the strong light trapping performance of our patterns, we estimate that PV efficiencies above 20% could be achieved for a 1 μm-thick c-Si cell, ...

While solar cells are a great alternative to fossil fuels, the environmental impact of the processes involved in manufacturing solar cells has been a concern. Solar panel fabrication often involves ...