These semiconductors can be used as an optical absorber material in solar cells, but so far have only achieved a maximum…

Based on Gautham Ram Chandra Mouli's doctoral research, TU Delft has developed a quick charger together with the compani…

Controlling nano surface roughness of porous silicon

A research team from Tokyo Tech and Waseda University have successfully produced high-quality thin film monocrystalline…

What ICN2 researchers propose in this work is a compact self-powered transistor that incorporates the energy source and…

This is essentially a new experimental system in which protons, electrons and photons are all packed together in an atom…

The invention could lead to power-producing smart windows for buildings, cars and display screens, according to the

The team made semi-transparent perovskite films that had bandgap — a measure of the energy level of photons the material…

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…