A process that could revolutionise solar energy harvesting has been efficiently demonstrated in solution for the first time.

A process that could revolutionise solar energy harvesting has been efficiently demonstrated in solution for the first t…

European record: ZSW achieves 10.3% efficiency with Kesterite absorber material

Scientists in Stuttgart had a breakthrough in their search for more advantageous materials and processes in the manufact…

A new study by Stanford scientists overturns a widely held explanation for how organic photovoltaics turn sunlight into electricity.

Organic solar cells have long been touted as lightweight, low-cost alternatives to rigid solar panels made of silicon. D…

"Recipe" for high-efficiency solar cells published in "Nature Materials"

Empa scientists have developed a new technique for manufacturing high-efficiency, flexible, thin film solar cells from C…

A national project promising a significant advance in the technology for converting sunlight into electricity will be le…

In the near future, solar panels will not only be more efficient but also a lot cheaper and affordable for everyone, tha…

The new approach achieves highly efficient broad-band light trapping in thin films, with more light captured in the film…

Using heat-resistant ceramics, researchers have made a significant advance in thermophotovoltaics, creating electricity from heat.

Scientists have created a heat-resistant thermal emitter, an element used in specialized solar cells, that could signifi…

Quantum dot crystals absorb light very efficiently and are therefore highly promising materials for the production of thinner and cheaper solar cells. The research team published these results on 30 September 2013 in ACS Nano.

Quantum dot crystals absorb light very efficiently and are therefore highly promising materials for the production of th…

Dominated by grid installations, this market segment will be a boon to energy storage producers but have only a modest impact on the solar market, Lux Research says

Dominated by grid installations, this market segment will be a boon to energy storage producers but have only a modest i…

Researchers from the FOM Foundation, Delft University of Technology, Toyota Motor Europe and the University of Californi…

TU Delft and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin have taken a step forward in the production of hydrogen from solar energy. The…

Unprecedented fill factors of 80 percent come close to that of silicon solar cells

A research team of faculty members and students led by Professor Tobin J. Marks of Northwestern University reports the d…

The use of plasmonic black metals could someday provide a pathway to more efficient photovoltaics -- the use of solar pa…

Organic solar cells that convert light to electricity using carbon-based molecules have shown promise as a versatile ene…

A University of Colorado Boulder team has developed a radically new technique that uses the power of sunlight to efficie…

Latest research paves way for inexpensive, high performance cells

Researchers have discovered that manipulating the 'spin' of electrons in organic solar cells dramatically improves their…

Instead of mimicking rigid solar cells made of silicon crystals, scientists should embrace the inherently disordered nature of plastic polymers, a Stanford study has found

Scientists have spent decades trying to build flexible plastic solar cells efficient enough to compete with conventional…

Associate Professor Gianluca Iaccarino will lead a government-funded project that will use the next generation of supercomputers to model techniques that could dramatically increase the efficiency of solar power. The project will receive $3.2 million per year for five years.

Traditional solar-thermal systems use mirrors to concentrate solar radiation on a solid surface and transfer energy to a…

Researchers found panels that hadn’t been cleaned, or rained on, for 145 days during a summer drought in California, los…