New Discovery Could Make Organic Solar Cells Significantly More Efficient
Organic dyes accelerate the transport of buffered solar energy. The sun provides vast amounts of energy to Earth, but solar cells always lose some of…
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Revolutionary One-Atom-Thick Ribbons Set To Transform Batteries and Solar Cells
Researchers at University College London have developed one-atom-thick ribbons composed of a phosphorus and arsenic alloy. This breakthrough material holds the potential to significantly enhance…
SmartDope: The “Self-Driving Lab” That Unlocks Quantum Dot Secrets in Hours – Instead of Years
SmartDope, an autonomous system, accelerates material synthesis for electronic devices, achieving a quantum yield record within a day, demonstrating its potential to revolutionize material science….
Solar’s Slim Solution: The Rise of High-Efficiency Thin Silicon Cells
Scientists developed an innovative multilayered design to significantly boost the performance of next-generation solar cells. Solar power has become indispensable in our global pursuit of…
Major Power Efficiency Boost for Flexible Solar Cells
Scientists have recently tweaked the material of ternary organic solar cells (TOSCs) and achieved efficiencies in reach of their conventional solar-cell cousins. The results were…
Scientists Reveal the Secrets Behind Record-Breaking Tandem Solar Cell
The most advanced tandem solar cells today, composed of a silicon base and a perovskite top layer, can transform roughly one-third of the sunlight they…
Previously Unknown Material Could Revolutionize Cancer Treatment
Tiny “dots” that transform light have the potential to drive big advancements. A new material, crafted in the seldom-explored convergence of organic and inorganic chemistry,…
Exciton Fission Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Photovoltaic Solar Cell Technology
Researchers have resolved the mechanism of exciton fission, which could increase solar-to-electricity efficiency by one-third, potentially revolutionizing photovoltaic technology. Photovoltaics, the conversion of light to…
Simplifying the Future of Solar Energy: A Single-Step Solution-Coating Process for Perovskite Solar Cells
Perovskite Solar Cells (PSCs) are viewed as a promising technology for next-generation photovoltaics, thanks to their high efficiency and low cost of production. This has…
Ultrafast Film Reveals Exciton Fission in Solar Cells: How One Photon Becomes Four Charge Carriers
Some materials convert photons into more free charges than would be expected. Using an ultrafast film, researchers have now been able to get a picture…
The Green IoT Dream: New Solar Cells and AI Create a Sustainable Powerhouse
Researchers at Newcastle University have created eco-friendly, high-efficiency photovoltaic cells for powering IoT devices using ambient light, achieving 38% power conversion efficiency. They also introduced…
Revolutionizing the Future of Energy: Advancement in Halide Perovskite Solar Cell Technology
A new type of solar technology has seemed promising in recent years. Halide perovskite solar cells are both high-performing and low-cost for producing electrical energy…
18 Times More Power: MIT Researchers Have Developed Ultrathin Lightweight Solar Cells
A team of researchers has developed a new technique for producing ultrathin and lightweight solar cells that can be seamlessly integrated into any surface. Massachusetts…
A Cheaper and Greener Internet of Things With No Wires Attached
Wirelessly powered large-area electronics could enable a cheaper and greener internet of things. Emerging forms of thin-film device technologies that rely on alternative semiconductor materials,…
Beaming Clean Energy From Space – Caltech’s “Extraordinary and Unprecedented Project”
Technology capable of collecting solar power in space and beaming it to Earth to provide a global supply of clean and affordable energy was once…
New Record Efficiency Achieved by Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
In the 1990s, mesoscopic dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) were invented by Brian O’Regan and Michael Grätzel, taking on the latter’s name – the world-famous Grätzel…
A Perfect Trap for Light – Allows Light To Be Absorbed Perfectly in Photosynthesis and Photovoltaics
A “light trap” was developed in which a beam of light prevents itself from escaping. This allows light to be absorbed perfectly. If you want…
Innovative Technology Offers Big Performance Boost to Perovskite–Silicon Tandem Solar Cells
An extra metal fluoride layer enables charge separation and boosts performance in perovskite–silicon tandem solar cells. Inserting a metal fluoride layer in multilayered perovskite–silicon tandem…
