The Department of Applied Physics of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University has successfully developed efficient and low-c…

New technology could revolutionize the solar industry by allowing for significantly more power generation from a single device by simply making it smaller

The Shockley-Queisser limit describes the maximum solar energy conversion efficiency achievable for a particular materia…

Inverted perovskite hybrid structure without hysteresis getting ready for commercialization

The new inverted MAPbI3 planar perovskite hybrid solar cells have demonstrated superior device performance on par with t…

Process uses light-harvesting nanoparticles, captures energy from ‘hot electrons’

The technology, which is described online in the American Chemical Society journal Nano Letters, relies on a configurati…

The researchers currently applying these nanomaterials within photovoltaic cells where their unique properties can be us…

INDIA has become the latest country to adopt the world-leading renewable energy technology being developed in Australia.

South Australian company HeliostatSA has partnered with Indian company Global Wind Power Limited to develop a portfolio…

Because organic solar cells are flexible they could find new applications that are unsuitable for rigid silicon cells su…

The efficiency of perovskite solar cells has seen a rapid increase in recent years. But the fundamental properties of th…

Yale researchers have significantly increased the efficiency of a polymer solar cell by using a technique that mimics ho…

Chemists have found a new, more efficient method to perform light-driven reactions, opening up another possible pathway…

The goal of this new technology is to create cost-effective energy that may be used in the commercial market. For a cons…

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…