Researchers Discover Two New Ways for More Efficient Solar Power Generation Written by AZoMMay 11 2021 Photovoltaics scientists from Australia have made a “cool” breakthrough: Tandem solar cells and singlet fission—two creative methods to produce solar power more effectively—also help to reduce operating temperatures and maintain devices running for a longer time.
Image Credit: Bilanol/Shutterstock.com Tandem cells are made from a mixture of silicon, which is the most generally utilized photovoltaics material, and new compounds such as perovskite nanocrystals, which can have a bigger bandgap compared to silicon and assist the device to capture more of the solar spectrum for energy generation.