Bypassing Earth’s limitations, space-based microfabrication is emerging to redefine semiconductor production. What offers the advantage despite challenges in materials and processes?

Combining two semiconductor thin films into a tandem solar cell can achieve high efficiencies with a minimal environmental footprint. Teams have now presented a CIGS-perovskite tandem cell that sets a ...

The solar industry recently welcomed the largest silicon solar cell manufacturing outfit to ever open its doors within the ...

ES Foundry will become the largest producer of crystalline silicon solar cells in the US with the launch of its new factory in South Carolina.

And the lower cost of producing these lightweight cells, printed on flexible plastic, means that manufacturing can remain in ...

Photovoltaics (PVs), devices that can convert sunlight into electrical power, are becoming increasingly widespread and more ...

At more than 50 GW, the US now has enough solar module production capacity to meet the country's entire solar demand.

Scientists in China built a four-terminal perovskite-CIGS tandem solar cell based on a top semi-transparent perovskite device with an efficiency of 21.26% and a high bifaciality factor of 92.2%. They ...

Indian solar modules maker Premier Energies on Monday said it will put its plan on hold to build a 1 gigawatt (GW) solar cell manufacturing facility in the U.S., after newly-elected President Trump ...

Jan. 30, 2025 — Flexible perovskite solar cells are promising for lightweight and versatile applications but their sensitivity to humidity and temperature poses a challenge to long-term durability.

India’s Solex Energy says it has commissioned an 800 MW solar module production line for n-type, rectangular-cell tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) modules ranging from 585 W to 625 W.