UC Riverside researchers find a way to use the infrared region of the sun’s spectrum to make solar cells more efficient

UC Riverside researchers find a way to use the infrared region of the sun’s spectrum to make solar cells more efficient

Scientists studying thin layers of phosphorus have found surprising properties that could open the door to ultrathin and…

The electricity produced by a solar cell can be used to set off chemical reactions. If this generates a fuel, then one s…

Plasmonics study suggests how to maximize production of ‘hot electrons’

New research from Rice University could make it easier for engineers to harness the power of light-capturing nanomateria…

Hunting for the best material from which to build organic solar cells can be like seeking the proverbial haystack needle…

The discovery could help to enhance efficiencies of perovskite thin film solar cells by controlled processing to optimiz…

New ultralow-power circuit improves efficiency of energy harvesting to more than 80 percent.

The circuit’s chief function is to regulate the voltages between the solar cell, the battery, and the device the cell is…

New Material Based on Metal-organic Frameworks (MOFs) Is Suited for Photovoltaics/Publication in the Journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Researchers at KIT have developed a material suited for photo-voltaics. For the first time, a functioning organic solar…

«Sharc25» aims at 25% efficiency with thin-film solar cells

A European research project launched in May, is setting out to develop extremely efficient thin-film solar cells for the…

The research group at the NIMS Photovoltaic Materials Unit achieved 15 percent energy conversion efficiency in perovskit…

Crystalline semiconductors like silicon can catch photons and convert their energy into electron flows. New research shows a little stretching could give one of silicon's lesser-known cousins its own place in the sun.

Crystalline semiconductors like silicon can catch photons and convert their energy into electron flows. New research sho…

Technology Has Potential to Increase Worldwide Accessibility of Solar Energy

Through research funded by the Department of Energy, the UCF-developed microinverter technology has the potential to sig…

A new technology developed by chemists at UCLA is capable of storing solar energy for up to several weeks

The new system can reduce the cost of producing solar panels and generate more electricity for longer periods compared with traditional cells

This technique makes the cells thicker because it consumes a significant amount of silicon in the process. Black silicon…

Imperial researchers have determined how oxygen and light degrade promising new solar cells and have proposed an innovat…

Polymer solar cells are a hot area of research due to both their strong future potential and the significant challenges…

A UTS research team is claiming a first in super cool roof technology with a surface that stays cooler than the ambient…

Invisible ClearView Power™ Film Covers Displays to Power Mobile Devices and Extend Battery Life

Implemented as a fully transparent film that covers a device's display area, ClearView Power technology transmits light…

Researchers from Wake Forest University and the University of Utah are the first to successfully fabricate halide organi…

Rice University discovery employs electrodes as catalysts to make black silicon

Rice University scientists have found a way to simplify the manufacture of solar cells by using the top electrode as the…