Neutron scattering has revealed, in real time, the fundamental mechanisms behind the conversion of sunlight into energy in hybrid perovskite materials.
An international team of scientists has demonstrated a breakthrough in the design and function of nanoparticles that could make solar panels more efficient by converting light usually missed by solar cells into usable energy.
From a distance, it looks like a deep-blue sea has formed in the middle of the Mexican desert.
Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) places high demands on solar PV module design.
Physicists at the University of Warwick have published new research in the fournal Science today that could literally squeeze more power out of solar cells by physically deforming each of the crystals in the semiconductors used by photovoltaic cells.
It's hard to simulate a star, but a new effort between Rovsing A/S and Lockheed Martin will do just that.
NIM scientists from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have found a new effect regarding the optical excitation of charge carriers in a solar semiconductor.
Sunrun Inc., the nation's largest residential solar, storage and energy services company, is expanding its home solar service to Illinois.
MicroLink Devices, Inc. has achieved a 37.75% power conversion efficiency from a three-junction epitaxial lift-off (ELO) thin-film solar cell.
A group of international scientists have met at Queen's University Belfast to finalise plans for a next generation telescope which will help to crack the mysteries of the Sun.
Imec has been named the coordinator of an ambitious 3-year European Union (EU) funded project, "ESPResSo" (Efficient Structures and Processes for…
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced up to $20 million in funding for nine projects to advance early-stage solar power electronics technologies.
Trapping light with an optical version of a whispering gallery, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a…
A further step has been taken along the road to manufacturing solar cells from lead-free perovskites.
How the sun looks through the lens of a telescope depends on which frequency is being observed.
As perovskite solar cells set efficiency records and the nascent technology becomes more stable, another major challenge remains: the issue of scalability…
