When opting to use solar panels as a power source for your home or business, the choices tend to revolve around where to place them and how big they should be. But there's at least one more decision ...

Monocrystalline, polycrystalline or thin-film? Here’s how the main types of solar panel compare on efficiency, lifespan, and the roof space you’ll need.

Engineers at Northwestern University have developed a new thermoelectric material that may be the most efficient one yet. The new and improved polycrystalline form of purified tin selenide has all the ...

Nigeria's electricity crisis has become a perverse gift to the solar industry. With the national grid collapsing and Band A tariff ...

High performer Purified tin selenide shown in pellet form. The material's thermoelectric performance is extraordinarily high. (Courtesy: Northwestern University) Researchers in Korea and the US have ...

Researchers have used artificial intelligence to solve a difficult problem in crystal science. Seeking to understand why crystals develop tiny defects called dislocations, the researchers discovered ...

A team of scientists has determined that surface recombination limits the performance of polycrystalline perovskite solar cells. A team of scientists from the Energy Department's National Renewable ...

Chinese researchers have developed a pure EVA film, which they claim can enhance the conversion efficiency of conventional crystalline solar cells by around 0.50%. The film is able to convert UV light ...

Polycrystalline materials, composed of numerous crystallites or grains, exhibit complex mechanical behaviour due to the heterogeneous nature of their microstructure. Recent advances in computational ...

Interested in going solar? Find a Solar Energy partner near you. There are two leading types of solar panel technologies in use today: monocrystalline and polycrystalline. Commonly referred to as ...