Researchers identified a new polymer — a type of large molecule that forms plastics and other familiar materials — which…

Just about everything we touch in the course of a day - car, phone, computer, fridge, detergent - even medicines, rely o…

Solar cell film made from kesterite or perovskite absorbs energy more efficiently and is cheaper to manufacture

The basic function of solar cells is to harvest sunlight and turn it into electricity. Thus, it is critically important…

Researchers have developed a tube-type nanostructure to dramatically increase the light absorption rate of silicon. Sili…

U ENGINEERS DESIGN NEW OPTICAL ELEMENT TO SORT SUNLIGHT

University of Utah electrical engineers have designed a thin layer made of a transparent plastic or glass that sorts and…

A team of researchers at Michigan State University has developed a new type of solar concentrator that when placed over…

Proposal could divert a dangerous waste stream while producing low-cost photovoltaics.

A system proposed by researchers at MIT recycles materials from discarded car batteries — a potential source of lead pol…

Conventional solar cells can only convert a small part of the solar spectrum into electricity efficiently. Low-energy li…

21.0 percent conversion efficiency research cell certified at Newport TAC Lab

This certified result bests the previous CdTe record of 20.4 percent conversion efficiency, which was set by First Solar…

It will be the largest solar photovoltaic research facility in the southern hemisphere and support innovation in

Scientists at the Vienna University of Technology have managed to combine two semiconductor materials, consisting of only three atomic layers each. This new structure holds great promise for a new kinds of solar cell.

Scientists at the Vienna University of Technology have managed to combine two semiconductor materials, consisting of onl…

The researchers will use the state-of-the-art equipment at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to understand how th…

New spongelike structure converts solar energy into steam.

The new material is able to convert 85 percent of incoming solar energy into steam

Project Megawatt intends to make polymer solar cells profitable enough to allow power generation from polymer solar cell…

UC Riverside chemists’ work on “singlet fission” can increase solar cell efficiency by as much as 30 percent

Currently, solar cells work by absorbing a photon, which generates an exciton, which subsequently separates into an elec…

Organic solar modules have advantages over silicon solar cells. However, one critical problem is their shorter operating

The research, in which the UPV/EHU Professor Angel Rubio is participating, is being published this week in the journal Science

This research has made a ground-breaking discovery because it is the first time that the quantum mechanisms that trigger…

Researchers have designed and tested a new class of solar-sensitive nanoparticle that outshines the current state of the…

Researchers have determined how light beams excite the chemicals in solar panels, enabling them to produce charge

Rice University researchers’ chemical process may improve manufacturing

Rice University scientists have created a one-step process for producing highly efficient materials that let the maximum…