Rooftop solar PV has been central to the global energy transition since its origins, starting with Charles Fritts’ rooftop Selenium cell in New York in 1883. The modern era began in the 1940s, when ...

High-resistivity silicon wafers offer superior efficiency potential but are highly sensitive to edge recombination and mechanical damage, limiting their commercial use compared to more robust standard ...

Patents have been filed for an innovative silicon solar cell coating that could increase efficiency, reduce heat, and extend panel lifetimes using singlet fission, according to pv magazine.

The global photovoltaic (PV) industry is entering a phase defined less by headline capacity additions and more by incremental but compounding improvements in efficiency, reliability, and ...

DAS Solar is planning a new 5GW cell facility as it shifts attention to back contact cells. Image: DAS Solar via LinkedIn. Chinese module producer DAS Solar is planning a 5GW manufacturing facility ...

Solar power has shifted from niche technology to a central pillar of the global energy system, and the pace of change is only ...

SEG Solar plans to expand the facility’s cell manufacturing capacity to 5GW. Image: SEG Solar. US cell and module manufacturer SEG Solar has commissioned the first phase of its newest cell ...

Around a fifth of solar panels examined in a new study fail much faster than expected and some may last for only half their ...