A scanning electron microscope image of the perovskite silicon solar cell. Image: Fraunhofer ISE. Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) have developed a perovskite ...

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 ...

An increasing number of carmakers and research institutes are developing concepts that combine e-mobility and solar. Thus far, range additions from in-car panels of between 10 and 60km are the limit ...

The new cell boasts a conversion efficiency of “over 30%”, according to its developers. Image: Fraunhofer ISE. German research institution Fraunhofer ISE has developed a perovskite-silicon ...

From industry-driven solar cells with efficiency values of more than 22 percent to effective new metallization processes for contacting solar cells — the Photovoltaic Technology Evaluation Center ...

Winchester, UK – Entech Solar (Fort Worth, Texas) has entered into a research contract with Fraunhofer USA's Center for Sustainable Energy Systems to evaluate the feasibility of incorporating ...

On 6 July the Fraunhofer Institute for Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP and the CTF Solar GmbH signed a project agreement to jointly develop high-productivity technologies for manufacturing ...

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Solar panel manufacturer JinkoSolar has broken the record for solar cell efficiency for the most commonly used type of solar cells – 22.04% for a P-type multicrystalline product. Near concurrently, ...

Researchers at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) have achieved a record conversion efficiency of 26% for both-sides contacted silicon solar cells, the industry standard ...

“Most efficient” conversion technology features new antireflection coating that boosts 4-junction cell performance. Efficiency of best four-junction solar cell has improved from 46.1 to 47.6 percent.

January 27, 2009 Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE have set a new record for solar cell efficiency. Using concentrated sunlight on a specially constructed ...