CIGS

OSU engineers have developed a process to create "CIGS" solar cells with inkjet printing technology that reduces raw material waste by 90 percent and significantly lowers the cost of producing solar cells with promising, yet expensive compounds.

Swiss researchers have claimed a new world record efficiency of 18.7% for flexible CIGS solar cells on plastics.

Honda is to release a new thin-film cell in 2011 that will rank among world's most efficient.

In a new, more efficient approach to solar powered microelectronics, researchers have produced a microchip which directly integrates photovoltaic cells.

Honda has begun work on a home-based solar-powered hydrogen fuel cell refueler small enough to be located in a garage.

Cheaper solar cells could be available within three to five years thanks to a manufacturing procedure that uses nanoparticle ‘inks’ to print them like newspaper or to spray-paint them onto the sides of buildings or rooftops.

Arizona based First Solar has achieved a major milestone in reducing the manufacturing cost for solar panels below the $1 per watt price barrier - the target necessary for solar to compete with coal-burning electricity on the grid or grid-parity

The US state of Arizona is now home to the world’s largest solar array using Copper Indium Gallium diSelenide (CIGS) thin-film solar cells.

HelioVolt Corporation's reactive transfer printing process has produced solar cells with 12.2% conversion efficiencies in a record setting six minutes.

Honda, a name usually associated with all things transport, has opened a new production plant in Kumamoto to supply Japanese homes and businesses with solar cells.

December 4, 2006 Honda is getting into the solar cell business following an announcement on Friday that it plans to establish a wholly-owned subsidiary, Honda

One of the most remarkable debuts at the 2004 CES was the a solar power jacket prototype designed to allow wearers to carry, connect and charge their portable d