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 ...

A European consortium is developing miniaturized in space propulsion devices that operate without propellants. They are based on electrodynamic tether technology integrating perovskite-copper indium ...

Spanish and Finnish scientists have developed a solar vanadium redox flow battery paired with commercially available CIGS solar panels. The open-circuit voltage values were high enough to achieve ...

KIER achieves world’s highest efficiency of 23.64% with flexible perovskite/CIGS thin-film tandem solar cell The Korea Institute of Energy Research (President Yi Chang-keun, hereinafter referred to as ...

Improved contact layers helped boost the efficiency of the experimental CIGS-perovskite tandem cell to 24.6%. Image: HZB Researchers from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and Humboldt University ...

The Quantum Dot Enhanced Lightweight Solar Cells (QDELS) project has a total budget of €7.5 million. Image: Midsummer. Swedish thin-film solar cell company Midsummer has been awarded €2.8 million ...

Researchers from Humboldt University Berlin and HZB have developed a tandem solar cell combining a perovskite-based top cell with a CIGS (copper, indium, gallium, and selenium) bottom cell. By ...

A cluster of recent laboratory advances in ultra-thin solar cells suggests that lightweight, flexible photovoltaic devices may be able to move beyond niche prototypes if researchers can solve ...

Space travel, at least at the federal government level, is taking a hit as the Trump Administration seeks to cut costs. It is reducing NASA's budget by 24% to $18.8 billion in 2026 from $24.8 billion ...

Ascent Solar Technologies announces 15.7% efficiency in thin-film CIGS technology, enhancing applicability for the space market. Ascent Solar Technologies announced that its thin-film CIGS ...