Kwayoyin hasken rana ba gaskiya bane, amma saboda matsalolin kayan aiki na sashin semiconductor, wannan tunanin ya kasance mai wahalar fassarawa zuwa aiki. Koyaya, kwanan nan, masana kimiyya a Jami'ar National Incheon a Koriya ta Kudu sun haɓaka ingantaccen kwayar hasken rana ta hanyar haɗa abubuwa biyu masu amfani da semiconductor (titanium dioxide da nickel oxide).

Panelsungiyoyin hasken rana masu faɗi sosai suna faɗaɗa yawan aikace-aikacen makamashin hasken rana. Ana iya amfani da ƙwayoyin hasken rana masu haske a cikin komai daga fuskokin wayar hannu zuwa sama-sama da motoci. Theungiyar binciken ta yi nazarin tasirin aikace-aikacen ƙarfe na hasken rana mai ɗaukar hoto (TPV). Ta hanyar shigar da silin mai matsakaiciyar matsakaiciyar siliki tsakanin sinadarin siliki biyu na ƙarfe, ana iya amfani da ƙwayoyin rana a yanayin ƙarancin haske kuma zai iya amfani da haske mai tsawo. A cikin gwajin, kungiyar ta yi amfani da wani sabon nau’in na’urar amfani da hasken rana wajen tuka motar fan, kuma sakamakon gwajin ya nuna cewa hakika an samar da wutar lantarki cikin sauri, wanda ke da matukar amfani ga mutane wajen cajin na’ura yayin tafiya. Babban rashin dacewar fasahar yanzu shine mafi ƙarancin inganci, akasari saboda yanayin yanayin zinc da yadudduka nickel. Masu bincike suna shirin ingantawa ta hanyar nanocrystals, sulfide semiconductors da sauran sabbin kayan.

A cikin 'yan shekarun nan, yayin da kasashen duniya suka fi mai da hankali kan lamuran yanayi da kuma hanzarta aiwatar da aikin lalata kayayyaki, masana'antar samar da wutar lantarki mai amfani da hasken rana da waje sun kara samun karbuwa. Zasu iya samar mana da kore da wutar lantarki mara mahalli, amma kuma zasu bamu wani sabon tunani game da cigaban sabon makamashi. Da zarar an kasuwanci ta cikin hasken rana, za a fadada kewayen aikace-aikacen ta, ba wai kawai a kan rufin ba amma kuma a madadin windows ko bangon labulen gilasai, masu amfani da kyawawa.