A research team at HZB has developed an inkjet printing technology to produce kesterite thin film absorbers. Based on th…

New Tempo™ metallization system can increase cell efficiencies at significant cost savings

New Tempo platforms are successfully being used today by multiple PV manufacturers worldwide. Among the first customers…

A new study published online April 30 in the journal Science by University of Washington and University of Oxford resear…

Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have invented a novel electrical power converter system that simul…

KIT Scientists Measure Important Process in the Conversion of Light Energy – Publication in Nature Communications

Researchers of KIT have now carried out experiments using photoactive zinc oxide material in order to study the formatio…

New study identifies the promise and challenges facing large-scale deployment of solar photovoltaics.

In a broad new assessment of the status and prospects of solar photovoltaic technology, MIT researchers say that it is

Researchers combine two types of photovoltaic material to make a cell that harnesses more sunlight.

Researchers at MIT and Stanford University have developed a new kind of solar cell that combines two different layers of…

This unique self-tinting window requires zero electricity to operate and is also a rechargeable battery. The window’s st…

University of Utah study of magnetic field effects could help researchers to fully optimize organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells

University of Utah study of magnetic field effects could help researchers to fully optimize organic-inorganic hybrid per…

Researchers at Brown University have developed a new method for making solar cells from perovskite — a faster, more stra…

A research team from the University of Kassel recently developed a building material that simultaneously functions as a…

This exciting achievement brings us one step closer to exploiting the sun’s energy

It is known that hydrogen is a clean and transportable carrier for renewable energy. Thus water splitting to produce hyd…

Scientists of the University of Luxembourg and of the Japanese electronics company TDK report progress in photovoltaic r…

Study Hoped to Expedite Mass Production and Commercialization of Perovskite Solar Cells

Recently, perovskite solar cells have emerged as promising next-generation solar cells with a high efficiency of up to

Study at DESY’s X-ray source PETRA III points the way to higher energy yields

Adding about one per cent of such nanoparticles by weight makes the solar cells more efficient, according to the finding…

Paving the way for lighter and more flexible solar devices, UCLA researchers have identified the key principles for deve…

Researchers from FOM, the University of Amsterdam, the Delft University of Technology and the University of the Algarve…

Plants, however, have no trouble capturing the energy they need from the sun. Pigment molecules in plant cells absorb a…

The solar energy research network SOLARDAM has received its first research grant.

The goal of SOLARDAM, founded in 2013, is to carry out a multidisciplinary research program to harvest energy from the s…