The solar cell with the ferrocene layer highlighted. Credit: Li et al. 2022 New solar cell devices that are cheaper and easier to make could…
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Researchers from Penn Engineering have now demonstrated a method for fabricating large-area “superlattices” — layered structures containing 2D lattices of sulfur and tungsten — that…
A German research team has developed a tandem solar cell that reaches 24 percent efficiency – measured according to the fraction of photons converted into…
ESA is working on the concept of collecting solar power up in orbit, where sunlight is up to 11 times more intense than across European…
The device generates electricity at night from the temperature difference between the solar cell and its surroundings. Credit: Sid Assawaworrarit Harvesting energy from the temperature…
An algorithm helps to find new efficient solar cell materials by reassembling already known molecular building blocks of solar cells and simulating the resulting molecules.…
Transition metal dichalcogenide solar cells on a flexible polyimide substrate. Credit: Koosha Nassiri Nazif New, ultrathin photovoltaic materials could eventually be used in mobile applications,…
Researchers have developed a method to stabilize a promising material known as perovskite for cheap solar cells, without compromising its near-perfect performance. Credit: University of…
Rice University graduate student Wenbin Li prepares a 2D perovskite solar cell for testing in a solar simulator. Rice engineers boosted the efficiency of cells…
A new system both predicts the efficiency of new photovoltaic solar cell materials and shows how much different input parameters affect output. Credit: MIT News,…
This crystal of iron pyrite, just four hundredths of a millimeter in size, could function as the light absorbing layer of a tiny solar cell…
The sensitizer molecules (green) absorb low energy photons (long-wavelength light) and become excited into triplet states. These triplet states are then transferred to nearby annihilator…
A two-dimensional coat of a perovskite compound is the basis for an efficient solar cell that might stand up to environmental wear and tear, unlike…
All-inorganic perovskites compare well with their hybrid counterparts in terms of efficiency. Credit: Illustration by Xie Zhang New research demonstrates great promise of all-inorganic perovskite…
In the singlet exciton fission process, a singlet exciton (blue) is created upon absorbing light and then splits into two triplets (red) on ultrafast timescales.…
New imaging system reveals solar panel defects even in bright sunlight. New approach could streamline inspection and keep solar panels operating efficiently. Researchers have developed…
Variation on the cover art of the Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics issue featuring the study reported in this story, both of the artworks by the…
Credit: Eric Byler/The Australian National University Scientists at The Australian National UniversityFounded in 1946, the Australian National University (ANU) is a national research university located…
A holographic light collector separates the colors of sunlight and directs them to the solar cells. Credit: R.K. Kostuk, University of Arizona Holograms Increase Solar…
A cartoon schematic of a silicon heterojunction solar cell and it’s photo-generated charges. The numbers correspond to three of the major electrical noise signals identified…