A new type of material for next-generation solar cells eliminates the need to use lead, which has been a major roadblock for this technology. Solar cells, incorporating the mineral... Read more
Researchers develop new design rule for generating excitons will help advance next-generation devices Researchers at Columbia University have developed a way to harness more power... Read more
Method for collecting two electrons from each photon could break through theoretical solar-cell efficiency limit. In any conventional silicon-based solar cell, there is an absolute... Read more
Engineers at Michigan Technological University and Aalto University find that switching silicon in solar cells drops production costs for this renewable energy source by more than... Read more
Trapping light with an optical version of a whispering gallery, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a nanoscale coating for sola... Read more
In the future, solar cells can become twice as efficient by employing a few smart little nano-tricks. Researchers are currently developing the environment-friendly solar cells of t... Read more
Research from the University of Surrey reveals scientists are able to improve the efficiency of solar cells more than threefold ·The solar cells are a flexible, lightweight and env... Read more
Researchers have created a new type of solar cell that replaces silicon with a crystal called perovskite. This design converts sunlight to electricity at efficiencies similar to cu... Read more
In a discovery that could have profound implications for future energy policy, Columbia scientists have demonstrated it is possible to manufacture solar cells that are far more eff... Read more
Nanoscale images by Berkeley Lab researchers yield surprise that could push efficiency to 31 percent Scientists from the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laborator... Read more
EPFL scientists have developed a solar-panel material that can cut down on photovoltaic costs while achieving competitive power-conversion efficiency of 20.2%. Some of the most pro... Read more
They’re one step closer. In a new paper in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Kenneth Hanson and his team have introduced... Read more
The mechanism behind a process known as singlet fission, which could drive the development of highly efficient solar cells, has been directly observed by researchers for the first... Read more
The hotter solar cells become, the less efficient they are at converting sunlight to electricity, a problem that has long vexed the solar industry. Now, Stanford engineers have dev... Read more
