Solar energy is on the rise. Many technical advances have made solar cells quite efficient and affordable in recent years. A big disadvantage remains in the fact that solar cells produce no... Read more
Dye-sensitized solar cell absorbs a broad range of visible and infrared wavelengths Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) rely on dyes that absorb light to mobilize a current of electrons and a... Read more
Working on dye-sensitized solar cells – researchers from University Malaya (UM) and National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) have achieved an efficiency of 1.12 %, at a fraction of the cos... Read more
EPFL’s new convention center is being equipped with an impressive glass façade composed of dye solar cells. The first architectural integration of this technology is a new step in Romande En... Read more
NTU scientists make breakthrough solar technology: Unique material is far cheaper to produce and generates almost as much power as today’s thin film solar cells This next generation so... Read more
Synthesizing the 3D honeycomb graphene is neither expensive nor difficult One of the most promising types of solar cells has a few drawbacks. A scientist at Michigan Technological University... Read more
“Solar Floating Resort” Italian industrial designer Michele Puzzolante has come up with a conceptual floating luxury hotel suite he claims could be entirely self-powering... Read more
The research is still in its early stages right now Even alternative energy technologies can sometimes be a little greener, according to a Kansas State University graduate student’s re... Read more
The results could have a great impact on the cost Dye-sensitized solar cells that use carbon nanotube thin films as transparent electrodes offer significant cost savings. Solar energy is one... Read more
A new set of compounds for dye-sensitized solar cells have lowered costs and improved efficiency Plants have been using a green pigment for billions of years to capture sunlight, turn... Read more
Image via Wikipedia The Earth receives more solar energy in one hour than the human race currently consumes in a year. At least, that’s what the scientists at Canada’s Université du Québec à... Read more
Image via Wikipedia A NEW solar cell that imitates Mother Nature’s way of converting sunlight to energy is making its debut in a variety of consumer products. The technology uses a photosens... Read more
