Researchers from the Fritz Haber Institute (FHI) in Berlin, the MPSD and the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg have provided important new insights into a key process for…
New approach could streamline inspection and keep solar panels operating efficiently. Researchers have developed and demonstrated a new system that can detect defects in silicon…
Skoltech researchers and their colleagues have synthesized a new conjugated polymer for organic electronics using two different chemical reactions and shown the impact of the…
Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) have produced a more efficient type of solar cell, using laser processing and setting a new world record…
Better methods for assessing solar cells under indoor ambient lighting can help improve their design. As photovoltaic (PV) technology continues to progress, PV devices’ applications…
Holograms Increase Solar Energy Yield A newly developed holographic light collector boosts solar panel efficiency for an energy conversion increase of approximately five percent over…
As society moves towards a renewable energy future, it’s crucial that solar panels convert light into electricity as efficiently as possible. Some state-of-the-art solar cells…
Developing new ultrathin metal electrodes has allowed researchers to create semitransparent perovskite solar cells that are highly efficient and can be coupled with traditional silicon…
Scientists Take a Bite Out of Solar Efficiency Challenge With Sandwich Model The design of next-generation solar panels can now be improved thanks to a…
A research team from Brown University has made a major step toward improving the long-term reliability of perovskite solar cells, an emerging clean energy technology….
How can I prepare myself for something I do not yet know? Scientists from the Fritz Haber Institute in Berlin and from the Technical University…
Researchers in the materials department in UC Santa Barbara’s College of Engineering have uncovered a major cause of limitations to efficiency in a new generation…
Nanostructured material and a new cell design pave the way for the production of silicon solar cells with more than 26 percent efficiency. There is…
A new approach to identifying useful formulations could help solve the degradation issue for these promising new lightweight photovoltaics. Materials called perovskites are widely heralded…
Sulfolane-additive process yields easy fabrication, low cost, top performance, long operating life. A new, simpler solution for fabricating stable perovskite solar cells overcomes the key…
A recent study shows that lettuce can be grown in greenhouses that filter out wavelengths of light used to generate solar power, demonstrating the feasibility…
Researchers show how shapes and movements of halide perovskites create desirable renewable energy properties. Researchers at Duke University have revealed long-hidden molecular dynamics that provide…
Researchers at Osaka University use machine learning to design and virtually test molecules for organic solar cells, which can lead to higher efficiency functional materials…