A novel thin-film technology enables solar panels to generate electricity from both sunlight and raindrops.

German and Swedish researchers have found that rapid temperature cycling degrades perovskite cell performance through thermally induced stress and phase transitions, while also identifying organic ...

Perovskite solar cells are among the most promising technologies for making solar power cheaper and more efficient. Working ...

An international study found that the specific power of commercial silicon solar modules increased from 8.5 W/kg in the early ...

Lead recycled from centuries-old ammunition provides raw materials for perovskite solar cells. Perovskite solar cells ...

Perovskite solar cells are widely seen as the next big leap in photovoltaics. These devices use a special class of crystalline materials that convert ...

A new UNSW study shows that laser-enhanced contact optimization (LECO) can boost industrial TOPCon solar cell efficiency by ...

A single chemical additive applied during perovskite film deposition helped lift a perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell to a ...

Perovskites are semiconducting materials that have rapidly transformed the field of optoelectronics, demonstrating ...

For most of the solar industry’s modern history, progress has been framed as a story of physics. Higher efficiencies came ...

If you stop to think about it, it’s a marvel that we can harness energy from the sun. But we do, thanks to solar panels equipped with photovoltaic cells that convert sunlight to electricity. That’s no ...