China’s Trina Solar has set a new world record for the conversion efficiency of a certain type of solar module, the company said in a statement on Monday. In laboratory tests, Trina’s ...

A study conducted by Penn State University researchers has revealed that organic solar cells ...

As the global push for renewable energy accelerates, capturing the full spectrum of solar energy remains a significant challenge. Photovoltaic (PV ...

Disused coal mines could be refashioned to place vast fields of solar panels, a new report suggests, providing an unlikely solution to a common obstacle to uptake of the green energy source. Hundreds ...

Photosynthetic systems play a pivotal role in nature’s conversion of solar energy into chemical and electrical forms. At the heart of these processes lie pigment–protein complexes such as photosystem ...

Photogalvanic cells represent a promising class of photoelectrochemical devices that not only harvest solar energy but also inherently store the generated electrical energy. Through a light-induced ...

A Chinese manufacturer has set a new world record for solar module efficiency. In lab tests, the efficiency rate of Trina's large-surface n-type completely passivated heterojunction (HJT) modules was ...

Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the University of Colorado have collaborated to develop a high-efficiency dual-junction solar cell, which includes a thin multi-quantum-well ...

JinkoSolar has announced a new conversion efficiency record for its 182 mm N-type TOPCon solar module. TÜV SÜD said that it achieved a conversion efficiency of 25.42%. “This further reinforces our ...

LONGi Green Energy headquarters in Shaanxi, China. Image: LONGi Green Energy Major Chinese solar manufacturer LONGi has developed a crystalline silicon-perovskite tandem solar cell with a power ...

Coal mine-to-solar conversions are already happening in some countries, most notably China, which leads the world in solar uptake - Copyright AFP STR Coal mine-to ...