NREL Measures IMM Solar Cell Performance for CPV. New measurement capability supports the development of high-efficiency solar cells for concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) application.

NREL Makes Substantial Progress in Developing CZTSe Solar Cells. By defining the deposition process, NREL has significantly improved the conversion efficiency of CZTSe solar cells.

200% Efficient Singlet Fission Observed. NREL scientists confirm the first molecular compound designed specifically to exhibit exciton multiplication.

CIGS-Based Solar Cells Prepared from Electrodeposited Precursor Films. Researchers develop electrodeposition process to deposit coatings on substrates, eliminate the expensive physical vapor deposition step, and improve device quality.

Manufacturing-Friendly Advance Seen in CIGS Solar Cell Processing. NREL scientists develop robust, high-performance IZO transparent contact for CIGS solar cells.

Scientists Confirm Robustness of Key Component in Ultra-High-Efficiency Solar Cell. NREL researchers develop a new tool that confirms the stability of the IMM solar cell's 1-eV metamorphic junction.

Harmful Shunting Mechanisms Found in Silicon Solar Cells. NREL scientists develop near-field optical microscopy techniques for imaging solar cell junctions and identify critical electrical breakdown mechanisms.

PV Performance Correlated to Processes, Conditions. Scientists develop data origami approach to find optimal process routes in photovoltaics.

Charge Dynamics Breakthrough May Improve Organic-Based PV Device Efficiencies. NREL research provides new insight into the fundamental role that nanoscale morphology plays in organic device applications such as solar cells, offering the potential to design more efficient organic-based PV devices.

Low-Cost Nano-Patterning Process Makes Millions of Holes in Silver Film, Boosting Light-Capturing Qualities of Solar Cells. NREL researchers demonstrated a simple, low-cost way to pattern nano-sized holes in thin silver films in order to trap light waves and boost the transmission of photons into usable energy.

NREL Certifies First All-Quantum-Dot Photovoltaic Cell; Demonstrates Stability, Performance. Researchers certified the first all-quantum-dot photovoltaic cell, which was based on lead sulfide and demonstrated reasonable quantum dot solar cell performance for an initial efficiency measurement along with good stability.

Improved Transparent Conducting Oxides Boost Performance of Thin-Film Solar Cells. NREL researchers identified a pathway to producing improved TCO films that demonstrate higher infrared transparency. To do so, they modified the TCOs in ways that did not seem possible a few years ago.

By Vasil Sidorov on October 29, 2011 

Technopark QUELTA, Queltanews Office

Nizhyn Laboratories of Scanning Devices

sidorovvasil@gmail.com