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…

The unexpected improvement of the photovoltaic performance was observed when perovskites produced by mechanochemistry we…

A two-in-one solar bio-battery and solar panel has been created by researchers who printed living cyanobacteria and circ…

These small creatures could prove to be particularly valuable for the design of solar technologies known as organic phot…

The newly-developed perovskite solar cell device was fabricated using solution processes, a process that involves the co…

See-through solar materials that can be applied to windows represent a massive source of untapped energy and could harve…

Their findings, published in the September issue of the prestigious journal Nano Energy

In this study, Professor Choi and his team designed a noble wearable solar thermoelectric generator by integrating flexi…

A team of researchers from CSEM, NREL and EPFL generate 32.8% and 35.9% record efficiencies with silicon-based multi-junction solar cells.

By working together again, the scientists team from CSEM, a Swiss research and technology center, EPFL, and NREL, have b…

In the new study, the team made a perovskite-based device, printed using techniques compatible with scalable roll-to-rol…

Power Ledger’s Token Generation Event Will Drive Global Reach of Blockchain-Enabled Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading Platform

Power Ledger’s blockchain-enabled platform creates peer-to-peer renewable energy marketplaces. Participating in such a m…