Solar Cells

Researchers sets New Record for Silicon-based Multi-junction Solar Cell with 30.2 Percent Efficiency

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE together with the Austrian company EV Group (EVG) has developed a silicon-based multi-junction solar cell with two contacts and record efficiency of 30.2 % exceeding theoretical limit of silicon solar cells. To achieve this efficiency, researchers used a “direct wafer bonding” process to transfer a […]

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Things to Consider Before Going Solar

Solar panels on the rooftop of Homes were uncommon as recently as a decade ago. But a glut of policies and incentives from government and state has made them commonplace these days. Obviously, worries about climate change have also played a significant role. Solar panels can lower your electric bill and decrease your household’s carbon […]

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Vikram Solar partners with Finnwind, enters Finnish market

Vikram Solar has entered into a strategic partnership with system integrator, manufacturer and installer of renewable energy systems Finnwind. Under this partnership Finnwind will supply Vikram Solar modules to the Finnish market. VikramSolar’s polycrystalline Eldora solar modules are certified for area loads of 5,400 Pa and are therefore especially suited to the extreme conditions in […]

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REC develops formula and process to mass produce multicrystalline solar cells

REC, a fully integrated European brand of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels with operational HQ in Singapore announces that the company has developed a formula and process to mass produce multi-crystalline solar photovoltaic (PV) cells with efficiencies above 20%. This achievement is attributed to improvements made at all steps – from silicon to cell production. A […]

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Jinko Solar to use Heraeus SOL9631J front-side paste for its new high-efficiency solar cells

  Heraeus Photovoltaics, developer and manufacturer of silver metallization pastes has announced a new collaboration with Jinko Solar for the launch of efficient polycrystalline cells. The Heraeus SOL9631J Series of new generation front-side silver pastes raises the conversion efficiency of solar cells, said the company in a statement. Jinko Solar will use the Heraeus SOL9631J […]

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Solar silver demand to be over 2,500 tonnes for 2016: Capital Gold Group

The Capital Gold Group has released its internal think tank study named “Sustainability, Solar, and Silver” revealing that  demand for silver utilized for Solar Panel manufacturing to go higher in the next 5 years, driven by sustainability initiatives of multi-national corporations and governments worldwide. “Corporate Social Responsibility programs are evolving from green concepts to massive solar panel […]

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Researchers develops Tiny High-Performance Solar Cells That Turns Power Generation Sideways

Engineers at the University of Wisconsin—Madison have developed high-performance, micro-scale solar cells that can harvest almost three times more electricity from incoming light as compared to existing technologies. According to the researchers the miniature solar panels could power myriad personal devices — wearable medical sensors, smartwatches, even autofocusing contact lenses. The new, small cells, described […]

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JA Solar Reaches Important Milestone in Monocrystalline PV Product Shipments

JA Solar Holdings has announced that as of middle of July this year, the company’s shipments of monocrystalline PV products over the last ten years had totaled 7GW. Founded in 2005, JA Solar started production in March 2006. The company focuses on the research and development of monocrystalline cell products.  Since 2010, JA Solar has […]

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Korean Researchers Develop High-Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells

A team of researchers led by Taiho Park at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Korea, has found a new method to improve not only the efficiency, but stability and humidity tolerance of perovskite solar cells. The Korean researchers designed a hydrophobic conducting polymer that has high hole mobility without the need of additives, […]

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