Solar power has long been seen as a clean alternative to fossil fuels. But its everyday use still faces hurdles. Traditional ...

The Korea Institute of Energy Research has successfully developed ultra-lightweight flexible perovskite/CIGS tandem solar ...

“We design a photo-ferroelectric 2D/3D/2D perovskite junction by integrating ... 4,4-difluoropiperidinium). The solar cell was built with a substrate made of indium tin oxide (ITO), a hole ...

Liquid solutions of these materials are also easy to process into the thin, crystalline films needed for solar cells. 2D perovskites contain similar elements, but they are arranged in a very ...

“This 2D perovskite layer served ... optimized optical-electrical matching design” to achieve the high-performance all-perovskite tandem solar cell, according to Lin. For the WBG films ...

Scientists made solar cell panels from Moon dust to power future lunar cities more easily, safely, and cheaply.

During testing, the researchers found that the cell could maintain 80% of its peak efficiency for approximately 1,700 hours while exposed to normal sunshine. They suggest their design demonstrates ...

In 2023, photovoltaic systems generated more than 5% of the world's electrical energy and the installed capacity doubles ...

Summary Achieving higher open-circuit voltages and fill factors in perovskite solar cells (PSCs) involves minimizing defects between layers and ...