"If something is so stable that it won't easily break down, it also means it is very difficult to make in the first place." Scientists develop material that could be 'the next frontier in solar ...

Bacteria could be the answer to living solar panels that harness the power of the sun for homes in the future. Here's how ...

Using this new polymer layer positively changed how the cell’s chemistry behaved. Scientists make astonishing breakthrough in ...

The solar industry recently welcomed the largest silicon solar cell manufacturing outfit to ever open its doors within the ...

The brittle rocks that make up Earth's tectonic plates are the lightest part, floating as they do on a thick layer ... silicon is used in the photovoltaic cells that some solar panels use to ...

Researchers from HZB and Humboldt University Berlin have developed a CIGS-perovskite tandem solar cell that achieves a record-breaking efficiency of 24.6%, certified by the independent Fraunhofer ...

Perovskite solar cells are one of the hottest topics in photovoltaics, because they are substantially more energy-efficient to produce than conventional silicon solar cells. Laboratory devices now ...

The component materials, such as silicon cells, cover glass, connecting wires, and layers of polymeric were ... nanoparticles from end-of-life solar panel waste for technological applications ...

“We’re doing kind of what’s going to be the next generation of solar,” Miller said. Unlike standard silicon panels ... to create extremely thin layers of perovskite.

The development of light, flexible solar cells with nearly the same efficiency as the heavier, rigid silicon panels is good news for decarbonization. And the lower cost of producing these ...