New Possibilities for Graphene in Thin-Film Photovoltaics
In a newly published study, researchers from the HZB Institute for Silicon Photovoltaics have shown that graphene retains its properties when coated with a thin…
Photovoltaics
Plasmonic Nanostructures Offer New Method for Harvesting Energy from Light
Using materials fabricated from gold particles and light-sensitive molecules of porphyin, researchers have developed a new method for harvesting energy form light. Researchers from the…
New 3D Graphene Material – An Inexpensive Replacement for Platinum in Solar Cells
A team of researchers has developed a 3D graphene material with a honeycomb-like structure that can replace the platinum in dye-sensitized solar cells without degrading…
Disordered Nature of Plastic Polymers Can Improve Performance of Plastic Solar Cells
In a new study, Stanford scientists explain how disorder at the molecular level can improve the performance of plastic solar cells, which could to the…
Manipulating Electron ‘Spin’ Dramatically Improves Organic Solar Cell Performance
In a newly published study, researchers detail how manipulating the ‘spin’ of electrons in organic solar cells dramatically improves their performance, providing a vital breakthrough…
Scientists Grow Inexpensive High-End Photovoltaic Compounds
In an effort to bring high-end photovoltaics to the masses, UC Berkeley scientists have developed an inexpensive way to grow indium phosphide, a III-V compound…
Organic Photovoltaics Potentially as Inexpensive as Paint
Researchers at the University at Buffalo are working on the development of organic photovoltaics that use polymers and small molecules that are carbon-based and can…
Squaraine Dye Improves Polymer Solar Cell Efficiency
By adding a squaraine dye into polymer solar cells that are based on Forster resonance energy transfer, Yale scientists achieved a 38 percent increase in…
Combining Graphene and TMDC Could Lead to the Next Generation of Solar Cells
Using graphene with monolayers of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDC), scientists from the University of Manchester and National University of Singapore developed extremely sensitive and efficient…
New Technique Yields a Major Boost in Solar-Cell Efficiency
In a newly published study, MIT researchers detail the technique they used to develop a photovoltaic device that generates more than one electron per photon,…
‘Artificial Leaf’ Self Heals and Produces Energy from Dirty Water
At the 245th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, Dr. Nocera described recent advances in the “artificial leaf,” such as the ability…
Solar Photovoltaic Industry is Likely a Net Electricity Provider
A new study from Stanford researchers suggest that electricity generated by all of the world’s installed solar photovoltaic (PV) panels has caught up to the…
Scientists Develop Silicon-Based Light-Emitting Diodes (SiLEDs)
Researchers have developed silicon-based light-emitting diodes (SiLEDs) that have the ability to change color from the deep red down to the yellow-orange spectral region by…
Layered Oxide Heterostructures Produce Efficient Solar Cells
In a newly published study, an international team of scientists have shown that layered oxide heterostructures can be used to create a new kind of…
Black Silicon Improves the Efficiency of Solar Cells
In a newly published study, researchers from Aalto University show that black silicon can improve the efficiency of solar cells by improving the light absorption…
Princeton’s Nanomesh Triples Solar Cell Efficiency
Researchers at Princeton University have used nanotechnology to develop a nanotechnological mesh that increases efficiency over organic solar cells nearly threefold. The scientists published their…
Scattered Silver Cubes Scale Up Light Absorption for Solar Power
Nanoscale cubes of silver could help make more efficient solar panels, heat detectors and specialist cameras. The randomly scattered cubes were placed on pieces of…
Installed Price of PV Systems Continues to Decline
According to the latest annual PV cost-tracking report from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the median installed price of residential and commercial solar photovoltaic power…
