Researchers have redesigned one of their previously reported polymers to make a new kind of solar cell that needs no ext…

Researchers at Aalto University have found that only a fraction of stability tests done on new types of solar cells meet…

Asymmetric photocurrent extraction in semitransparent laminated flexible organic solar cells

The researchers have now successfully tested a method in which they use instead the active polymer material as glue. Two…

A microscopic analysis of perovskite solar cells reveals new insight into how the devices degrade—information necessary for moving the technology closer to commercialization.

The researchers took a close look at two organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite thin films made of methylammonium lead iodi…

In an advance that could push cheap, ubiquitous solar power closer to reality, University of Michigan researchers have f…

Then new perovskite materials could be designed with even slower hot electrons. These tin-based perovskites could be a g…

Using only earth-abundant materials, they developed the most efficient conversion method to date. The trick was to decou…

Scientists from ITMO University suggested a new solar cell coating that combines features of an electrode and those of a…

In a new technique described in the journal Nature Energy, researchers from the departments of Biochemistry, Chemistry a…

Researchers at the University of Tokyo invent semi-transparent solar cell for efficient power generation

The researchers added another layer to their cell - nano-sized cubes of silver. Like perovskites, the use of silver nano…

HOIPs are exceptionally lightweight and flexible, inexpensive and nearly as efficient as traditional silicon-based cells…

The scientists hope that their new discovery could lead to MOFs being used to make photoactive materials such as solar c…

UMass Amherst scientists say a polymer chain organized like a string of Christmas lights assists energy storage

A group of materials chemists at UMass Amherst report that they have solved one of the major hurdles to making a new typ…

Approach could bypass the time-consuming steps currently needed to test new photovoltaic materials.

The system involves making a simple test device, then measuring its current output under different levels of illuminatio…

Nanoscale 'grass' structures also enable smart glass that switches from hazy to clear in presence of water

This is the first time that glass has been made with such high levels of haze and light transmittance at the same time,…

New ‘double-glazed’ solar power device opens up fresh opportunities to develop more advanced photovoltaics – invented by University of Warwick researchers

Totally new way of collecting solar energy – using gas rather than vacuum to collect electricity - inspired by early 20t…

Demonstration device dynamically responds to sunlight by transforming from transparent to tinted while converting sunlight into electricity

Relying on such advanced materials as perovskites and single-walled carbon nanotubes, the new technology responds to hea…

2-in-1 device also uses supercapacitor to store energy that could power computers and smartphones

UCLA researchers have designed a device that can use solar energy to inexpensively and efficiently create and store ener…

Prior to transferring the nanostructures to solar cells, the researchers determined the diameter and arrangement of the…

The ASPIRE project is based on a novel fabrication method for scalable solar cells. The method enables an integrated app…