Netherlands launches 2018 support scheme for innovative solar, renewables
The Topsector Energie scheme, which will also support all kinds of innovative energy projects, has a budget of €130 million for 2018.
Aging tests for perovskite, dye-sensitized solar cells must improve, research says
Finnish scientists have found that only one third of tests reported the intensities of visible and UV light, humidity and temperature adequately.
Germany’s ISFH announces 26.1% efficiency for p-type crystalline cells
The Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin (ISFH) and the Leibniz Universität Hannover claim that this result is a world record for p-type silicon material, as well as a European record for crystalline silicon.
Dutch consortium plans world’s first “off-shore” floating PV plant for the North Sea
The pilot project will be developed over the next three years and will utilize standard PV modules. The consortium expects the solar array to have a 15% higher yield compared to traditional installations.
German scientists claim inhomogeneous perovskite films are highly functional
Contrary to common belief, holes in perovskite films may not always negatively affect the performance of perovskite-based solar cells, according to recent research from the Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin (HZB).
Scientists seek to improve efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells with halogenes
Halogens have proved to be very successful in accelerating the electron transfer between the electrolyte and the semiconductor.
Japanese scientists use organic ferroelectric to extract more current from solar cells
The new technology uses a quantum-mechanical process, which can extract current from solar cells in a much quicker, less wasteful way, the research team claims.
EPFL-led research group seeks to stabilize perovskite solar cells with guanidinium
The group of scientists is adopting organic cations, instead of inorganic cations like cesium or rubidium, to stabilize the crystal structures of perovskites with solar applications.
Japan research team develops new semi-transparent solar cell
The new cell, based on perovskite and silver nanocubes, is being developed for solar window applications.
Japanese scientists develop new solvent-based photon upconversion platform
For the new kind of photon upconversion, the research team used deep eutectic solvents as an alternative to ionic fluids.
