Researchers have shown how to increase the efficiency of thin-film solar cells, a technology that could bring low-cost s…

A single layer takes on the job of what used to be two layers, doing away with the wet chemical process. Despite a much…

Researchers have been able to tune coherence in organic nanostructures due to the surprise discovery of wavelike electro…

X-ray examination shows structural changes in "plastics" solar cells

Organic solar cells, especially those based on polymers are inexpensive to produce on a large scale. Thanks to their phy…

Solar electricity will reach cost parity in 10 major regions, accelerating adoption without subsidies, and will even benefit from abundant natural gas, Lux Research says

Far from being bulldozed by cheap natural gas, unsubsidized utility-scale solar electricity will become cost-competitive…

A new discovery, by researchers at the University of St Andrews on why plastic solar cells work so well, could lead to b…

Stanford researchers have developed an inexpensive device that uses light to split water into oxygen and clean-burning hydrogen. The goal is to supplement solar cells with hydrogen-powered fuel cells that can generate electricity when the sun isn't shining or demand is high.

Stanford researchers have developed an inexpensive device that uses light to split water into oxygen and clean-burning h…

Researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology have demonstrated a new low energy electron beam…

Converting sunshine into electricity is not difficult, but doing so efficiently and on a large scale is one of the reaso…

Researchers are developing next-generation solar cells using chromophores or, in lay terms, dyes.

Important Step Towards Reducing Cost-of-Ownership of PERC Technology

The new laser doping processing sequence eliminates the necessity of a firing step to create the local BSF in i-PERC sol…

A process that could revolutionise solar energy harvesting has been efficiently demonstrated in solution for the first time.

A process that could revolutionise solar energy harvesting has been efficiently demonstrated in solution for the first t…

European record: ZSW achieves 10.3% efficiency with Kesterite absorber material

Scientists in Stuttgart had a breakthrough in their search for more advantageous materials and processes in the manufact…

A new study by Stanford scientists overturns a widely held explanation for how organic photovoltaics turn sunlight into electricity.

Organic solar cells have long been touted as lightweight, low-cost alternatives to rigid solar panels made of silicon. D…

"Recipe" for high-efficiency solar cells published in "Nature Materials"

Empa scientists have developed a new technique for manufacturing high-efficiency, flexible, thin film solar cells from C…

A national project promising a significant advance in the technology for converting sunlight into electricity will be le…

In the near future, solar panels will not only be more efficient but also a lot cheaper and affordable for everyone, tha…

The new approach achieves highly efficient broad-band light trapping in thin films, with more light captured in the film…

Using heat-resistant ceramics, researchers have made a significant advance in thermophotovoltaics, creating electricity from heat.

Scientists have created a heat-resistant thermal emitter, an element used in specialized solar cells, that could signifi…

Quantum dot crystals absorb light very efficiently and are therefore highly promising materials for the production of thinner and cheaper solar cells. The research team published these results on 30 September 2013 in ACS Nano.

Quantum dot crystals absorb light very efficiently and are therefore highly promising materials for the production of th…