Technological breakthroughs have come thick and fast to the solar and energy storage space in recent years, allowing both sectors to claim an increasing share of the world’s energy infrastructure. As PV pins its hopes on further innovations to push further into the mix, some new technologies will make the leap from laboratory to production and inform the industry’s future, while others will falter or fall along the wayside.
A flexible GaAs solar cell created by NREL scientists in February. The U.S. laboratory has made the reduction of solar cell production costs a key focus of its research.
Image: Dennis Schroeder/ NREL
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