The 2012 Global Solar Energy Leaders
Solar power by country rankings are usually based on total solar capacity and do not account for country populations and GDP. Giants such as the U.S. and China are installing thousands of megawatts of...
View ArticleElectric Ink: The Answer to Solar Cell High Prices?
Researchers in the University of Minnesota’s College of Science and Engineering and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado, have discovered a novel method for producing...
View ArticleCommercial P-Type Mono-Si Solar Cells:20% Conversion Efficiency
JA Solar Holdings Co. (China), one of the world’s largest solar cell producers, announced this week that its p-type mono-crystalline silicon (“mono-Si”) solar cells, a new family of high-performance...
View ArticleQuantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cell Hit Efficiency Record
Solar cells made with inexpensive, non-toxic copper-based quantum dots can achieve record longevity and efficiency, according to a study by Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sharp Corporation. “For...
View ArticlePanasonic Achieves 25.6% Solar Cell Efficiency
Panasonic Corporation announced that it has achieved a conversion efficiency of 25.6% (cell area: 143.7 cm²) in its HIT (heterojunction with intrinsic thin layer) solar cells, a major increase over...
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