Solar News

KAUST team sets world record for tandem solar cell efficiency by Staff Writers Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Apr 14, 2023 Crystalline silicon solar cells dominate the global photovoltaic market with module efficiencies of around 20-22%. However, the field of solar energy is wanting for innovative materials and approaches that yield even higher efficiencies […]

High-efficiency sustainable solar cells for IoT devices with AI-powered energy management by Staff Writers Newcastle UK (SPX) Apr 14, 2023 Newcastle University researchers have created environmentally-friendly, high-efficiency photovoltaic cells that harness ambient light to power internet of Things (IoT) devices. Led by Dr Marina Freitag, the research group from the from […]

Migrating ions through the perovskite layer in two dimensions by Staff Writers Changchun, China (SPX) Apr 13, 2023 Electrostatic doping has been widely used in low-dimensional materials, including carbon nanotube (CNT) and two-dimensional (2D) materials such as graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). Unlike conventional lattice doping with impurity atoms, it is challenging […]