Scientists in Hungary found that ground-mounted PV modules at an intermediate elevation of 1.1 m achieve the highest efficiency and power output due to improved airflow and reduced cell temperature.

Researchers at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy have claimed two new record efficiencies in tandem PV modules.

In the second PV development, announced simultaneously, a new III-V silicon PV module has achieved an efficiency of 31.3 percent, setting a record in its class, and is based on established, ...

Fraunhofer scientists have announced two efficiency records for III-V tandem modules. The team says its 34.2% efficiency III-V germanium PV module is the most efficient solar module in the world, ...

A 833vsquarevcentimetre tandem module with an efficiency of 34.2 percent was built by a second research team from Fraunhofer ISE as part of the 'Vorfahrt' project. It consists of triple III-V ...

A large proportion of all solar cells come from China. But research and production continue in Germany. Is there still something possible?

Legacy solar models focused on daytime production, but the shift to battery-driven self-consumption is creating a performance gap that puts long-term ROI at risk.

The global photovoltaic (PV) industry is entering a phase defined less by headline capacity additions and more by incremental but compounding improvements in efficiency, reliability, and ...

emerging as the cornerstone of sustainable energy systems worldwide. Image: AIKO. The global energy transition has reached an inflection point, with solar PV technology emerging as the cornerstone of ...

Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE have succeeded in constructing two tandem photovoltaic modules with record ...