More Efficient Underwater Solar Cells With Optimal Materials
There may be many overlooked organic and inorganic materials that could be used to harness sunlight underwater and efficiently power autonomous submersible vehicles, report researchers…
Solar Cells
Flexible, Thinner-Than-Paper Solar Cells for Future Satellites
The European Space Agency (ESA) has backed the creation of this flexible, ultra-thin solar cell to deliver the best power to mass ratio for space…
New Flexible Ultrathin Organic Solar Cell Is Both Highly Efficient and Durable
Scientists from the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research and RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science have succeeded, in collaboration with international partners, in creating an…
Breakthrough Self-Assembly Innovation Enables Cheaper Solar Energy Production
Material, synthesized by Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania scientists, which self-assemble to form a molecular-thick electrode layer, presents a facile way of realizing highly…
New Efficiency Record Set by Novel Multi-Material Solar Cells
Researchers create highly efficient and stable tandem solar cell, one of the best-performing reported to date. Researchers from the University of Toronto Engineering and King…
Exciting Molecular Tweaks Could Improve the Efficiency of Organic Solar Cells
Molecular changes could improve the efficiency of next-generation photovoltaics. A molecular tweak has improved organic solar cell performance, bringing us closer to cheaper, efficient, and…
Scientists Make High-Performance Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells Safer
Researchers at Northern Illinois University and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado, reported on February 19, 2020,…
Solar Technology Breakthrough: World Record Quantum Dot Solar Cell Efficiency
A new world record for the conversion of solar energy to electricity using quantum dots. The development of next-generation solar power technology that has potential…
New Technology Reduces the Cost of High-Efficiency Solar Cells
St. Petersburg scientists have proposed technology for manufacturing high-efficiency solar cells based on A3B5 semiconductors integrated on a silicon substrate, which may increase the efficiency…
Anti-Solar Cells: Thermoradiative Photovoltaic Cells Work at Night
What if solar cells worked at night? That’s no joke, according to Jeremy Munday, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UC…
Cheaper Solar Cells Are Possible With Thinner Silicon Wafers
Solar panel costs have dropped lately, but slimming down silicon wafers could lead to even lower costs and faster industry expansion. Costs of solar panels…
Capturing Extra Energy From the Sun: Harnessing Hot Carriers for High Efficiency Solar Cells
Materials that can slow the cooling of highly energetic hot carriers could capture extra energy from the Sun. Two-dimensional solar materials may offer a way…
Technological Breakthrough Achieved for Solar Cells – Previously Thought Impossible
Scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) achieved a technological breakthrough for solar cells previously thought impossible. The scientists successfully integrated an aluminum source…
Stretchable High Efficiency Solar Cells for Wearable Electronics or Flexible Robot Skin
Combining silicon with a highly elastic polymer backing produces solar cells that have record-breaking stretchability and high efficiency. Crystalline silicon solar panels could be just…
Using Extremely Fast Lasers to Develop Perovskite Solar Cells That Can Harvest More Electricity
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) in a collaboration with the University of Groningen (UG) in the Netherlands, have developed a method to…
New Flexible Transparent Solar Cells Could Be Used in Buildings, Vehicles and Portable Electronics
Freestanding Microwire-Array Enables Flexible Solar Windows TSCs are emerging devices that combine the advantages of visible transparency and light-to-electricity conversion. One of the valuable prospective…
Solar Cell Efficiency Improved With Silver
As a result of their two-year joint project, the materials researchers of Tallinn University of Technology have improved the efficiency of next generation solar cells…
Chalcogenide Perovskite Energy Transport Mechanism Mapped for Solar Energy Use
Engineers have characterized the thermal energy conversion mechanism in the lattice of an advanced nanomaterial called chalcogenide perovskite and demonstrated its ‘tunability’ — important for…