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Spanish researchers reduce losses in organic solar cells by restricting emission angle

PV Magazine 09 Oct 2026
Researchers at the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) in Spain have developed an optical configuration to reduce Boltzmann losses in organic solar cells and improve their power conversion efficiency.
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Brilliant Matters, HeiQ plan to commercialize 12%-efficient semi-transparent organic solar cells

PV Magazine 08 Oct 2026
A Canadian-Swiss-German collaboration has developed semi-transparent organic solar cells with power conversion efficiencies of up to 12.04%, as well as fully printed prototype modules reaching 10.2%.
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A Temporary Melting Liquid Could Help Build Better Perovskite Solar Cells and LEDs (UCSD - University of California - San Diego)

Public Technologies 08 Oct 2026
Perovskites Solar Cells Share This. ... A team co-led by researchers at the University of California San Diego has developed a new way to make perovskite solar cells - a promising next-generation solar technology - more efficient and durable.
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Heterojunction solar cell built with biomass lignin-based silver paste achieves 25.96% efficiency

PV Magazine 07 Oct 2026
The research is presented in the study “Engineered lignin unlocks low-temperature curable silver pastes for high-efficiency silicon heterojunction solar cells,” published in Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells.
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Cross-sectional preparation of perovskite solar cells using cryo-Ar ion milling [Application Notes] (Jeol Ltd)

Public Technologies 07 Oct 2026
Perovskite solar cells are next-generation photovoltaic devices that use materials with a perovskite-type crystal structure as the light-absorbing layer ... Fig.1 Conceptual illustration of a perovskite solar cell.
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Building quality domestic U.S. solar cell fabs is more important than technology-choice today

PV Magazine 07 Oct 2026
The most important issue for silicon-based solar cell manufacturing in the United States in 2026, and over the next few years, is creating a high-quality, resilient and profitable solar cell base that ...
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Scientists crack hidden solar cell leak that could boost efficiency to near 43%

Interesting Engineering 07 Oct 2026
Solar cells could potentially generate more electricity by controlling not only how they absorb sunlight, but also the directions in which they emit light ... A solar cell receives sunlight from a relatively narrow range of directions.
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Mixed self-assembled monolayer enables 18.88% efficiency in 5.2 cm� inverted perovskite solar cell

PV Magazine 06 Oct 2026
SAMs have emerged as key components in high-efficiency perovskite solar cells, particularly in inverted architectures, where they serve as ultrathin hole-selective contacts that improve charge extraction and reduce interfacial recombination losses.
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Atomic motion could help push solar cells beyond conventional limits

Phys Dot Org 05 Oct 2026
Atomic motion could help push solar cells beyond conventional limits (2026, October 5) retrieved 5 October 2026 from https.//phys.org/news/2026-10-atomic-motion-solar-cells-conventional.html.
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AISIN to Exhibit Perovskite Solar Cells at AEBF-26 (Aisin Corporation)

Public Technologies 05 Oct 2026
The perovskite solar cells currently under development use thin glass as solar cell substrate, achieving high performance as well as durability with reduced weight ... solar cell? [5 minute read] .
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Perovskite solar cell based on Prussian blue achieves 26.9% efficiency

PV Magazine 05 Oct 2026
... long-term stability of solar cells ... The new solar cell approach was presented in the study “Prussian blue regulates ion dynamics in perovskite solar cells,” recently published in Science.
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Next-gen solar cells and AI computing head into space aboard CRIMSON-1 (Nanyang Technological University)

Public Technologies 02 Oct 2026
NTU has been a pioneer in perovskite solar cell research since a landmark Science paper in 2013 [1], when a team showed that electrical charges could travel unusually long distances through perovskite ...
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Perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell built on textured silicon reaches 30.77% efficiency

PV Magazine 29 Sep 2026
A research team led by scientists at China’s Nanjing University has developed a healing intervention strategy to improve the efficiency and stability of perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells based on industrial textured silicon.
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Heterojunction solar cell based on molybdenum oxide achieves 24.9% efficiency

PV Magazine 29 Sep 2026
A group of researchers from Beijing University of Technology in China has fabricated a silicon heterojunction (HJT) solar cell featuring a molybdenum oxide (MoOₓ) hole transport layer (HTL) and an ultrathin phosphomolybdic acid (PMA) interlayer.
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Scientists propose solar cell taxonomy based on absorber integration

PV Magazine 29 Sep 2026
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) rely on molecular light absorption, electron injection into a nanostructured semiconductor, and redox-mediated dye regeneration. Quantum dot solar cells (QDSCs), by ...
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