EPFL researchers are pushing the limits of perovskite solar cell performance by exploring the best way to grow these crystals.

Michael Graetzel and his team found that, by briefly reducing the pressure while fabricating perovskite crystals, they w…

System converts solar heat into usable light, increasing device’s overall efficiency.

A team of MIT researchers has for the first time demonstrated a device based on a method that enables solar cells to bre…

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have successfully explained how iron-based dyes work on a molecular level in so…

Australian engineers edge closer to the theoretical limits of sunlight-to-electricity conversion of photovoltaic cells with a device that delivers a new world efficiency record

A new solar cell configuration developed by engineers at the University of New South Wales in Sydney has pushed sunlight…

New technique could make large, flexible solar panels more feasible

A new, high-pressure technique may allow the production of huge sheets of thin-film silicon semiconductors at low temper…

A top layer of silica etched with tapering holes could improve absolute solar cell efficiency by around 1 percent, Stanford researchers predict

The researchers achieved the combination of cooling plus maintaining sunlight absorption with a wafer made of silica, a…

Hundred-metre long platforms which remain steady and stable in rough sea weather: TU Wien’s lightweight construction creates new space for solar energy out on the water.

This new construction allows areas the size of football fields to be made available on the water with ease. The research…

Physicists have discovered radical new properties in a nanomaterial, opening new possibilities for highly efficient ther…

Crystal Solar’s kerfless wafers are a disruptive solution for the solar cell industry, substantially reducing the cost of Si solar cells

Crystal Solar’s breakthrough manufacturing technology called Direct Gas to WaferTM enables direct conversion of feedstoc…

New ultra-thin, patterned graphene sheets will be essential in designing future technologies such as ‘smart wallpaper’ and internet-of-things applications

This nanometre-thin material will enable future applications such as ‘smart wallpaper’ that could generate electricity f…

In addition to upscaling the technology, researchers will also produce tandem cells. A tandem cell is a combination of a…

Adding pressure could improve the performance of solar cells made of perovskites, a promising photovoltaic material.

Solar cells made of artificial crystalline structures called perovskites have shown great promise in recent years. Now S…

Researchers at ICFO unveil the mechanisms at play on the surface atoms of quantum dots upon ligand passivation and repor…

Researchers at Stockholm's KTH Royal Institute of Technology have developed a new transparent wood material that's suita…

Scientists have discovered that a highly promising group of materials known as hybrid lead halide perovskites can recycl…

The experiment consists of optically pumping the thin film sample with a 50 femtosecond – or 50 millionths of a billiont…

Development of a new design architecture for high-efficiency organic solar cell modules. Organic solar cell module efficiency of 7.5% is the highest in the world

This innovative module architecture developed by Professor Lee's team significantly increases organic solar cell efficie…

Ultrathin, flexible photovoltaic cells from MIT research could find many new uses.

Imagine solar cells so thin, flexible, and lightweight that they could be placed on almost any material or surface, incl…

A photo-electrochemical cell has been developed at TU Wien (Vienna). It can chemically store the energy of ultraviolet light even at high temperatures.

Scientists at TU Wien have now developed a new concept: By combining highly specialised new materials, they have manage…

The world-record cell is a multi-junction cell combining three different absorbers. Each of them is dedicated to effici…