pv magazine International

Tandem cell or tandem module?

At Intersolar Europe in Munich, several companies presented their concepts for high-performance perovskite tandem photovoltaics. The first modules are expected to be available in the second half of ...
pv magazine USAOpinion

Growth of U.S. pure-play solar cell makers critical for downstream module buyers and investors

Between 2026 and 2028, the U.S. downstream solar community must focus its attention on domestic solar cell production to ...
pv magazine International

Advantage of back-contact solar modules in shading scenarios is limited to specific conditions, study finds

Researchers from Trina Solar and China’s Nanchang University claim to have verified that back-contact solar modules outperform TOPCon modules only when fewer than three cells in a substring are shaded ...
pv magazine USA

U.S. assembled module prices steady at $0.30/W

U.S. solar module prices held steady at $0.30 per watt in the second quarter of 2026. The market saw a wave of corporate ...
pv magazine Australia

UNSW unveils spectrally selective solar modules for agrivoltaics

Researchers from the University of New South Wales have developed spectrally selective semi-transparent crystalline silicon ...
PV Tech

Record 25.5% efficiency for CIGS-perovskite tandem solar cell

The researchers’ CIGS-perovskite tandem solar cell achieved a conversion efficiency of 25.5%, a record for this material combination. Image: G. Farias Basulto/HZB German researchers have achieved a ...