2+ hour, 14+ min ago  (245+ words) Trina Solar said its researchers have achieved new certified benchmarks in perovskite-crystalline silicon tandem solar cell efficiency and module power output, which the company described as world records for industrial-format devices. The company said an industrial-scale tandem solar cell using…...

6+ hour, 43+ min ago  (91+ words) Scientists in China have constructed and tested a device that uses redox couples paired with a single triple-junction amorphous-silicon photoelectrode. When tested under a xenon lamp simulating one sun, the device achieved an average solar-to-electricity conversion efficiency of 4.2%. A research…...

6+ hour, 45+ min ago  (405+ words) The efficieny result represents one of the best performances ever achieved for this kind of thin-film solar cell to date. The device was fabricated with a rear contact interface that reportedly enhances charge transport. Researchers at Chonnam National University in…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (851+ words) National University of Singapore scientists claim that vapor-deposited perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells built on industrial silicon wafers achieve both high efficiency and long-term thermal stability, addressing a central barrier to commercial deployment. National University of Singapore scientists claim that vapor-deposited…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (295+ words) The Chinese manufacturer said its 2-terminal 34.76%-efficient perovskite-silicon tandem lab-scale cell is based on heterojunction technology and developed by a collaboration of Solarlab Aiko Europe, Aiko headquarters, and its R&D in Yuwi, China. 3T tandem cell schematic and its electric…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (662+ words) Market pressure in the solar and storage sectors often favors low-cost solutions, but long-term success depends on balancing price, quality, and reliability for assets designed to operate for decades. Numerous examples, from low-grade silicon modules to residential hydrogen and redox…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (500+ words) A team at Fraunhofer ISE has created new imaging methods to measure losses in individual sub-cells of multi-junction solar cells based on perovskite-silicon and perovskite-perovskite-silicon combinations. A visualization of the triple-junction solar cell layout. Image: Fraunhofer ISE, Solar Energy Materials…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (172+ words) Moll Batterien has secured more than "22 million ($25.8 million) in public funding for a 1 GWh sodium-ion battery plant in Bavaria, part of a roughly "103 million investment scheduled to come online in 2026. Moll Batterien has secured more than "22 million ($25.8 million) in public…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago  (209+ words) Researchers in Slovakia have demonstrated a machine-learning framework that predicts PV inverter output and detects anomalies using only electrical and temporal data, achieving 100% accuracy in classifying inverter output states under static operating conditions at a solar installation. A research team…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago  (660+ words) Researchers at Tokyo University of Science showed that sodium-ion batteries with hard carbon anodes can charge faster than lithium-ion batteries by using a diluted electrode method that reveals sodium insertion is intrinsically quicker than lithium. A sodium-ion accumulator stack Image:…...