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…

A new model for solar farms that "co-locates" crops and solar panels could result in a harvest of valuable biofuel plants along with solar energy.

Growing agave and other carefully chosen plants amid photovoltaic panels could allow solar farms not only to collect sun…

Lead is not an essential component of a new kind of low-cost, high-efficiency solar cell, new experiments show. A team l…

Researchers have developed a multi-layer anti-reflection coating for glass surfaces, which reduces the sun’s reflection…

Quantum-dot photovoltaics set new record for efficiency in such devices, could unlock new uses.

A team at MIT has set a new record for the most efficient quantum-dot cells — a type of solar cell that is seen as espec…

New research from North Carolina State University and UNC-Chapel Hill reveals that energy is transferred more efficientl…

SMA has added two new models to its popular Sunny Boy TL-US line of transformerless inverters with Secure Power Supply.…

New MIT model can guide design of solar cells that produce less waste heat, more useful current.

New MIT model can guide design of solar cells that produce less waste heat, more useful current

Surface modification allows cell to absorb more light

Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have achieved the highest efficiency ever in a 9 millimeter-square…

By inversing the device, electricity can be produced from light. The principle is the

New plasmonic metamaterials that operate at high temperatures could radically improve solar cell performance and bring a…

KIT Coordinates “MatHero” Project Related to Sustainable and Low-cost Production Methods – EC Funds Project with EUR 3.5 Million

Organic solar cells will open up entirely new markets for photovoltaics. These plastic solar cells have several advantag…

Switchable material could harness the power of the sun — even when it’s not shining.

The principle is simple: Some molecules, known as photoswitches, can assume either of two different shapes, as if they h…

The project demonstrates that superior light-emitting properties of quantum dots can be applied in solar energy by helping more efficiently harvest sunlight.

The project demonstrates that superior light-emitting properties of quantum dots can be applied in solar energy by helpi…