Black silicon solar cells are now real contenders There’s been plenty of good news about solar power lately – not only are governments around the world using it more and more, we... Read more
As the installation of photovoltaic solar cells continues to accelerate, scientists are looking for inexpensive materials beyond the traditional silicon that can efficiently convert sunlight... Read more
Perovskite solar cells show tremendous promise in propelling solar power into the marketplace. The cells use a hole-transportation layer, which promotes the efficient movement of electrical... Read more
Promising cheaper and more efficient way to produce hydrogen. Generating electricity is not the only way to turn sunlight into energy we can use on demand. The sun can also drive reactions t... Read more
New approach developed at MIT could generate power from sunlight efficiently and on demand. A new approach to harvesting solar energy, developed by MIT researchers, could improve efficiency... Read more
High power conversion of new solar cells that are thin, flexible, and transparent makes them ideal for a wealth of new applications Imagine buildings in which the windows allow the sun... Read more
Stacked cells are currently the most efficient cells on the market North Carolina State University researchers have come up with a new technique for improving the connections between stacked... Read more
This increases the solar concentration levels at which cell efficiency peaks to up to 10,000 times ambient solar beam radiation, which is significantly higher than ever before. Researchers a... Read more
New Efficiency Record for Photovoltaic Cells, Thanks to Heterojunction In the medium term, an investment of only $2500 in photovoltaic cells would suffice to provide more than enough electri... Read more
He’s a young man from Egypt who refused to give in to hard conditions that threatened his passion for science. Though the unprofessional educational system forced him to study something he d... Read more
As much as 75 percent less than traditional solar cells Researchers at RTI International have developed a new solar technology that could make solar energy more affordable, and thus speed-up... 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
“Our cell can produce as much as twice as much power than conventional solar cells.” Solar3D, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough 3-dimensional solar cell technology to... Read more
A solar conversion efficiency ratio of 13.1 percent A team of Taiwanese and Swiss chemists has developed new dye components that it said can potentially enhance the efficiency of sola... Read more
Researchers at Wake Forest University have developed a new type of polymer solar-thermal device that combines photovoltaics with a system that captures the Sun’s infrared radiation to... Read more