It is not easy to bring new technologies from the laboratory to market. Researchers and companies face very different demands ...

For as long as we’ve been capturing the sun’s rays, the clouds have been the enemy. When the sky turns gray and the first drops fall, the steady stream of electrons from traditional solar panels slows ...

Nanotechnology enables the use of materials with unique optical, electrical, and thermal properties. These materials can be engineered to absorb sunlight more efficiently, reduce energy loss, and ...

The lab-scale, near-white heterojunction solar cell uses nanoclay-based scattering layers combined with dielectric multilayer films to preserve power conversion efficiency while enhancing visual ...

A team from the University of Stuttgart, together with international researchers, has succeeded in enhancing both the ...

Defect-filled lead-halide perovskites rival silicon solar cells because domain walls inside the material separate and guide charges. Researchers visualized these charge-transport networks using a ...

Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have achieved world-record power conversion efficiency ...

Indian solar manufacturer Premier Energies has unveiled a new zero busbar (0BB) tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) solar cell, a “first” in India, according to the company. This new 0BB solar ...

A solar charging kit, purchased after further promotional enticement, enables keeping a remotely located vehicle battery ...

Why it matters: Scientists have been working on creating transparent solar cells for years, achieving various milestones that have brought the technology closer to commercial applications. Now, a team ...