Researchers from Nanchang University and Trina Solar found that TOPCon solar modules exhibit metastable “degradation–recovery” under UV exposure, with light soaking fully restoring performance and no ...

PV technology has advanced rapidly in recent years, with new solar cell architectures such as tunnel-oxide passivated contacts (TOPCon) having jumped directly from early development to gigawatt-scale ...

Testing UV light through side-emitting optical fibers (SEOFs): (a) Westerhoff and his team created an experimental setup for growing biofilm on an Inconel plate coupon with irradiation from SEOFs ...

PV Tech Premium speaks with Professor Bram Hoex and Dr Fiacre Rougieux from UNSW’s School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering. Image: Agata Bogucka, NREL New research from the University ...

Millions worldwide suffer from UV-induced skin damage, photoaging, and skin cancer annually. Current sunscreen efficacy testing relies on minimal erythema dose (MED) and minimal persistent pigment ...

It's often said that while leaning your arm out the window when driving can cause a nasty sunburn, you're fine if the windows ...