Solar cells face significant challenges when deployed in outer space, where extremes in the environment decrease the efficiency and longevity they enjoy back on Earth. University of Toledo physicists ...

Cu2SnS3 (CTS) thin films have emerged as a promising class of absorber materials for thin film solar cells due to their earth‐abundant, non‐toxic constituents and favourable optical and electronic ...

Researchers in Australia have achieved a breakthrough in an emerging solar cell material that ...

Solar cells, devices that convert sunlight into electricity, are helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, ...

Half cell solar panels, which divide conventional full-sized cells into two electrically independent halves, have moved from ...

Canada’s UBC creates bacteria‑powered solar cells that generate strong current and work even in dim, cloudy light—an affordable leap for photovoltaics.

In general, solar PV deposited on glass is significantly more efficient than thin film, but this is the price you pay for off-world deployments. Paul Warley, CEO of Colorado-based Ascent Solar, told ...

Solar power is already a cleaner energy source than traditional dirty fuels, but a team of researchers from Tohoku University has made a breakthrough that could make solar even cleaner, according to ...

UNSW engineers have made a major step forward in the development of a new type of solar cell that could help make future ...

The article 'Semitransparent colour tunable perovskite solar cells with 3D pillar structure' explains that the colour tuning ...

First Solar revealed that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has denied three separate inter partes review ...