April 1 marked the end of China's VAT export rebate for photovoltaic products. In the lead-up, the Photovoltaic (PV) market reacted in familiar ways: some people expected cost pressures to feed into ...

Solar energy is abundant and frustratingly ill-timed. A sunbeam can become either electricity (useful for running modern life ...

You’ve always associated solar power with heat, bright sun, and hot panels. But what if some of the most exciting progress in photovoltaics isn’t about capturing more heat, but getting rid of it? It ...

Photovoltaic (PV) systems are central to the global transition towards sustainable energy, necessitating rigorous evaluation of their performance and longevity. Comprehensive analysis of PV system ...

Industry analysts highlight that the perovskite photovoltaic modules market is evolving under a “proof-over-promise” paradigm ...

The South African Photovoltaic Industry Association has welcomed the utility's decision to extend its registration fee waiver for solar systems until the end of September, as it calls for the ...

The majority of solar power generation is from conventional silicon-based panels made in China, a technology little-changed since silicon cells were discovered in the 1950s. Bill Gates' Breakthrough ...

In 2023, numerous research studies exploring photovoltaic material enhancements for increased solar cell efficiency were published in several journals. Some of these notable studies are discussed ...

For the first time, researchers have discovered a way to obtain polarity and photovoltaic behavior from certain nonphotovoltaic, atomically flat (2D) materials. The key lies in the special way in ...

The photovoltaic effect of ferroelectric crystals can be increased by a factor of 1,000 if three different materials are arranged periodically in a lattice. Researchers achieved this by creating ...