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…

Latest research finds that the trailblazing ‘perovskite’ material used in solar cells can double up as a laser, strongly…

Researchers at TU Delft have opened the way for the realization of the next generation of high-efficiency, cost-effectiv…

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have identified a possible inorganic material for perovskite solar cells, wh…

In future, when your mobile or tablet runs out of battery, you could just recharge it by putting it out in the sun. Nany…

Ideal for generating energy from windows , façades and glass car roofs

Both these application areas use tinted glass to reduce glare which can be done by applying a film, so changing the film…

Ultrathin layers made of Tungsten and Selenium have been created at the Vienna University of Technology. Experiments show that they may be used as flexible, semi-transparent solar cells.

Researchers at the Vienna University of Technology have now succeeded for the first time in creating a diode made of tun…

Early findings will be presented at the annual meeting of the American Physical Society in Denver.

University of Cincinnati researchers are reporting early results on a way to make solar-powered panels in lights, calcul…

Harvard physicists propose a device to capture energy from Earth’s infrared emissions to outer space

Physicists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences envision a device that would harvest energy from Ea…

The superabsorbing design could decrease the thickness of the semiconductor materials used in thin film solar cells by m…

Paving the way for the production of high-performance solar cells

Heterojunction silicon technology consists of ultra-thin layers of amorphous silicon in the nanometer range that have be…

All Three Units of 392 megawatt Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System Now Delivering Solar Power to California’s Electric Grid

At full capacity, the facility’s trio of 450-foot high towers produces a gross total of 392 megawatts (MW) of solar powe…

Researchers from North Carolina State University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have found an easy way to modify th…

Research teams at the HZB and at the University of Limerick, Ireland, have discovered a novel solid state reaction which…

Perovskite based solar cells are a hot topic in energy research and Science Magazine has put it on the list of Breakthro…

New approach developed at MIT could generate power from sunlight efficiently and on demand.

A new approach to harvesting solar energy, developed by MIT researchers, could improve efficiency by using sunlight to h…

Ford Motor Company, in collaboration with Georgia Tech, debuted a new solar car concept earlier this month at the 2014 International CES in Las Vegas.

The C-MAX Solar Energy Concept is a first-of-its-kind hybrid electric vehicle with the potential to free drivers of thei…