In a proof-of-concept paper, researchers detail a new approach for creating multi-junction solar cells using off-the-shelf components, resulting in lower cost, high-efficiency solar cells for use in ...

The triple-junction solar cell is based on indium gallium phosphide (InGaP), gallium arsenide (GaAs), and Germanium (Ge) and is made with a micro-grating made of glass, consisting of a two-dimensional ...

Figure 1: Formation (zipping) and yielding of dislocation junctions in the DD simulations. Although the DD simulations provide credible support for the existence of multi-junctions, it is desirable to ...

The current world record for triple-junction solar cell efficiency is 44 percent, but a collaboration between the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), the Imperial College of London, and MicroLink ...

Scientists at the US Naval Research Laboratory, in collaboration with Imperial College London and MicroLink Devices, have proposed a novel triple junction solar cell with the potential to break the 50 ...

Independent designer and manufacturer of strain-balanced quantum-well solar cells, QuantaSol Ltd., a spinout from Imperial College, London, has announced what it believes to be the most efficient ...

A close-up image of solar panel. Mass-produced silicon solar cells are typically less than 20% efficient, but a new multi-junction device has demonstrated an efficiency of 29.8%. (Image courtesy of ...

A new approach to creating multi-junction solar cells with off-the-shelf components could lead to photovoltaic devices that are more efficient and cheaper to make. This is the claim of researchers ...

Developed by researchers in Finland, the solar cell is intended to be used as part of lattice-matched multi-junction solar cells. It achieved a short-circuit current density of 15.2 mA/cm 2 and ...