They described their findings in “Micro-sized thin-film solar cells via area-selective electrochemical deposition for concentrator photovoltaics application,” which was recently published in ...

Optical concentration represents a strategy for collecting incident solar radiation and redirecting it onto photovoltaic (PV) cells to increase their output power 1,2.These techniques are of ...

V3Solar has developed a cone-shaped solar energy harvester that is claimed to generate over 20 times more electricity than a flat panel thanks to a combination of concentrating lenses, dynamic ...

A Spanish research team aims to bring concentrating photovoltaics closer to commercial viability by miniaturizing its components. The scientists claim that smaller CPV cells may reduce production ...

Concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) systems, which use optical elements to focus light onto small-area solar cells, have the potential to minimize the costs, while improving efficiency, of ...

The tech could drastically lower the production cost for solar. Researchers accomplish 'pivotal step' on quest to create ...

In a novel combination of micro-concentrators and picosecond laser processing, Italian researchers are tackling two metal halide perovskite solar PV challenges to reduce the use of lead and extend ...

The one meter-diameter cones feature a layer of hundreds of triangular photovoltaic cells positioned at an angle of 56 degrees, encased in a “static hermetically-sealed outer lens concentrator.” ...

Another company, Glint Photonics, received $2.7 million in 2012 from DOE under the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy to commercialize low-cost concentrating photovoltaic modules.

Solar Junction hit an NREL-verified 44 percent cell efficiency (at 947 suns) in 2012, a world record that held until Sharp hit 44.4 percent for its triple-junction solar cell (at 302 suns).

While concentrating PV systems have been installed elsewhere, Amonix's array at the Solar Zone is the biggest to use high-efficiency semiconductor cells known as multijunction cells, Robertson ...

Back in August 2014, researchers at Michigan State University created a fully transparent solar concentrator, which could turn any window or sheet of glass (like your smartphone's screen) into a ...