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CSEM, NREL and EPFL Raise Silicon-Based Multi-Junction Solar Cell Efficiency Record

Aug 30, 2017

The US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology CSEM (Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique) and EPFL (école Polytechnique ...

Tags: Solar Cell, Microtechnology

Sol Voltaics Raises $21.3m to Commercialize 50% Efficiency-Boosting GaAs Nanowire PV Technology

Jul 7, 2017

Sol Voltaics AB of Lund, Sweden, which is developing nanomaterials technology for enhancing solar cell efficiency, has closed a record funding round of $21.3m (reckoned to be the largest finance raise for a European solar technology company ...

Tags: solar cell, PV

China 13th Five-Year Plan Goal

Jan 31, 2017

China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) officially released the full articles of the 13th Five-Year Plan, regulating the energy development roadmap and action plan from 2016 to 2020. For solar PV, the basic ...

Tags: low-carbon energy, solar PV

Midsummer Receives Repeat Order for CIGS Solar Cell Manufacturing System From Asian Customer

Oct 12, 2016

Midsummer AB of Järfälla, near Stockholm, Sweden – a provider of turnkey production lines for manufacturing flexible, lightweight copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar cells – has ...

Tags: Midsummer, CIG Ssolar cells, repeat order

Stacked Perovskite/CIGS Solar Module Hits Record 17.8% Efficiency

Sep 29, 2016

Researchers at nanoelectronics research center imec of Leuven, Belgium (a partner in Solliance and EnergyVille), Germany's Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), and ZSW (Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung — ...

Tags: stacked perovskite, CIGS, solar module

ZSW Regains Thin-Film Solar Cell Efficiency Record with 22.6% CIGS PV Cell

Jun 20, 2016

ZSW (Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung — or Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research — Baden-Württemberg) in Stuttgart, Germany has set a world record for thin-film photovoltaic cell energy ...

Tags: ZSW, silicon cells

Sol Voltaics Raises $17m in Series C Funding Following Breakthrough in Nanowire Solar Cell Efficiency

May 13, 2016

Sol Voltaics AB of Lund, Sweden, which provides nanomaterial technology for enhancing solar panels and other products, has raised $17m in a Series C round of equity investment and grant funding, led by new investor Riyadh Valley Company ...

Tags: Solar Cell, solar panels

ZSW Raises Its CIGS PV Cell Efficiency From 21.7% to European Record of 22%

Apr 5, 2016

By optimizing various manufacturing processes, ZSW (Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung — or Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research — Baden-Württemberg) in Stuttgart, Germany has raised the ...

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Researchers Find New Nanastructure Design to Improve LEDs and Solar Cell Efficiency

Dec 15, 2015

Light and electricity dance a complicated tango in devices like LEDs, solar cells and sensors. A new anti-reflection coating developed by engineers at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, in collaboration with researchers at the ...

Tags: anti-reflection coating, electronic device, semiconductor

Solar Frontier Raises Thin-Film Solar Cell Efficiency Record From 21.7% to 22.3%

Dec 10, 2015

Tokyo-based Solar Frontier – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – says that, in joint research with Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development ...

Tags: solar modules, PV, Solar Frontier

Solar Demand in Emerging Markets to Grow in 2015

Dec 16, 2014

The worldwide solar market demand in 2014 was approximately at 44GW, even though the China market did not perform as well as expectations, due to the continuous growth in Japan and the U.S. market, the supply and demand remained stable. At ...

Tags: Solar Demand, Solar Cell

a Multi-Junction Solar Cell Has Been Developed

Dec 3, 2014

Bernin-based Soitec (which makes engineered substrates and CPV systems) and Grenoble-based micro/nanotechnology R&D center CEA-Leti of France, together with the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE of Freiburg, Germany, have ...

Tags: Solar Cell, Electrical

Fraunhofer Achieved Record Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Module Efficiency of 36.7%

Aug 20, 2014

The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg, Germany has achieved record photovoltaic (PV) solar module efficiency of 36.7%, as measured under Concentrator Standard Testing Conditions (CSTC). This has been done by ...

Tags: PV Module, Solar Energy Systems

The Group of III-V Semiconductors Has Developed a Highly Conductive TJ Grown

May 30, 2014

The Group of III-V Semiconductors of the Solar Energy Institute at the Technical University of Madrid (Instituto de Energía Solar at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, IES-UPM) has developed a highly conductive, high-bandgap ...

Tags: Solar Cells, High-Performance Tunnel

First Solar Has Set a Record for CdTe Solar Cell Conversion Efficiency of 20.4%

Feb 27, 2014

First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services, has set a record for CdTe solar cell conversion ...

Tags: Crystalline Silicon, Solar Cell

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