SAN JOSE, Calif. — Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd., China's largest solar cell maker, is restructuring its operations at its Shanghai facility to focus on the manufacture of crystalline silicon solar ...

Scientists in Spain have developed an amorphous-silicon solar cell that could be used in both transparent photovoltaics and tandem applications. The device reportedly achieves notable efficiency ...

A group led by researchers at Nagoya University in Japan has created a material based on fullerene indanones (FIDO), which promises to improve the durability of next-generation solar cells. Durability ...

An example of such a cell is that from United Solar Ovonic LLC. It uses three layers of amorphous silicon created so that each has a different bandgap energy. The different bandgaps let each layer ...

Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he covers hardware, research and development, start-ups and the tech industry overseas. AUSTIN, Texas--Applied Materials has said for the ...

A new approach to producing thin-film amorphous solar cells may enable products that deliver higher efficiency at a lower cost than today’s silicon-based solar panels. The latest automotive-grade ...

Scientists in Iraq have applied an amorphous carbon nitride (CNx) thin film as an anti-reflective layer in commercial crystalline silicon solar cells. They claim they were able to improve their ...

A new review highlights how disordered nanomaterials outperform crystals in solar-powered hydrogen production, CO? reduction, and pollutant degradation. (Nanowerk News) Photocatalysis—using sunlight ...