Qcells, a Seoul headquartered manufacturer of high-quality solar cells and modules, has set a new world record by developing a tandem solar cell with 28.6 percent energy conversion efficiency. The ...

Chinese researchers have systematically resolved key challenges in efficiency and stability for flexible tandem solar cells, ...

As the price of silicon panels has continued to come down, we’ve reached the point where they’re a small and shrinking cost of building a solar farm. That means that it might be worth spending more to ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Solar power cells have raced past the key milestone of 30 percent energy efficiency, ...

Reaching almost 40 percent, the new device boasts the highest efficiency recorded for any type of solar cell in real-world conditions. The team’s new solar cell clocked an efficiency of 39.5 percent, ...

Enhanced Series 3 Module Platform Certified for Desert Conditions & Field Durability; TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced it set a new world record for ...

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. The sight of solar panels installed on rooftops and large energy farms has become commonplace in many regions around ...

It converts almost 41 percent of light that hits it into electricity, almost double the efficiency of current commercial cells. Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he covers ...