In a recent advance in solar energy, researchers have discovered a way to tap the sun not only as a source of power, but also to directly produce the solar energy materials that make this po... Read more
By slowing and absorbing certain wavelengths of light, engineers open new possibilities in solar power, thermal energy recycling and stealth technology. More efficient photovoltaic cells. Im... 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
Surprising result: Graphene retains its properties even when coated with silicon Graphene has extreme conductivity and is completely transparent while being inexpensive and nontoxic. This ma... Read more
“We’ve just created a cost-effective, highly stable, and highly efficient solar fuel device.” Using a simple solar cell and a photo anode made of a metal oxide, HZB and TU Delft scien... Read more
Most Americans want the U.S. to place more emphasis on developing solar power, recent polls suggest. A major impediment, however, is the cost to manufacture, install and maintain solar panel... Read more
Hanyang University in collaboration with Stanford University has succeeded in fabricating peel-and-stick thin film solar cells (TFSCs). The Si wafer is clean and reusable. Moreover, as the p... Read more
Decal-like application process allows thin, flexible solar panels to be applied to virtually any surface For all their promise, solar cells have frustrated scientists in one crucial regard –... Read more
Researchers have developed a solar cell made entirely of carbon, an inexpensive substitute for the pricey materials used in conventional solar panels. Stanford University scientists have bui... Read more
Honda Smart Home System Honda has unveiled a demonstration house in Saitama, Japan, to showcase and test its new Honda Smart Home System (HSHS). Featuring a line-up of innovative energy prod... Read more
Oxford Photovoltaics reveals plan to raise £3.5m in funding to make solar glass a reality A UK start-up has developed an innovative new form of “solar glass” that could allow gla... Read more
Boost the cells’ absolute efficiency up to 8.1 percent Researchers from Australia’s Swinburne University of Technology – along with colleagues from Suntech Power Holdings... Read more
Traditional solar cell production techniques are usually time consuming and require expensive vacuum systems or toxic chemicals. Depositing chemical compounds such as CIGS on a substrate usi... Read more
Swiss researchers have claimed a new world record efficiency of 18.7% for flexible copper indium gallium (di)selenide (CIGS) solar cells on plastics. Flexible CIGS solar cells have the poten... Read more