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
Environmentally friendly solar cell pushes forward the ‘next big thing in photovoltaics’ Northwestern University researchers are the first to develop a new solar cell with good e... Read more
The majority of talks, posters, and papers proposed for the conference are on the subject of perovskite—so exciting is the field even though perovskite isn’t technically a dye cell A n... Read more
This has great implications for improvements in solar cell efficiency Latest research finds that the trailblazing ‘perovskite’ material used in solar cells can double up as a laser, strongly... Read more
New material could lead to new touch and display screens doubling up as solar panels In future, when your mobile or tablet runs out of battery, you could just recharge it by putting it out i... Read more
Dye-sensitized solar cell efficiency has been raised to a record 15% thanks to a new fabrication process developed by EPFL scientists. Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have many advantages... Read more
High efficiency in thin film solar cells based on abundantly available and cheap materials A group of researchers led by Hendrik Bolink of the Institut de Ciència Molecular (ICMol) of the Sc... Read more