Solar cells are made from semiconductors whose ability to respond to light is determined by their band gaps (energy gaps). Different colors have different energies, and no single semiconductor has ...

Tandem solar cells based on silicon and perovskites have raised high hopes for future high efficiency solar modules. A tandem solar cell works by absorbing the high energy photons (visible light ...

The study focused on energy band diagrams, electric field, generation, recombination rates, Nyquist plots, and electron distribution of each solar cell extracted from SCAPS-1D.

A team of scientists from the U.S. Naval Research Lab may have found the key to breaking the 50 percent conversion efficiency barrier with an innovative multi-junction solar cell.

With higher efficiency and lower costs, perovskite–silicon tandem cells mark a breakthrough in solar tech. Can they truly ...

When you think of solar panels, you usually picture giant cells mounted to face the sun. But what if "solar" cells could be ...

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have shown that single-layer silicon solar cells could convert up to 35% of the energy in sunlight into useful electricity, a boost from ...

A perovskite solar cell has set a new efficiency record for flexible thin-film photovoltaics, with an independently-verified power conversion efficiency of 24.4%, (Nat. Energy 2022, DOI: 10.1038 ...

LONGi, a Chinese solar cell manufacturer, also shared last month that it had achieved a 33.5% efficiency rate. Now the goal is to scale these models for real-world use.