For nearly eight decades, the so-called Shockley diode equation has explained how current flows through solar cells; the electrical current that powers up your home or charges the battery bank.

A new study, published in Nature Nanotechnology and featured on the journal's front cover this month, has uncovered insights ...

But that doesn't mean there isn't work to be done to improve sustainability for the long term—like closing the materials loop by turning old solar panels into new ones. Nature Sustainability, 2020.

A groundbreaking new equation developed in part by researchers at the University of Michigan could do for organic semiconductors what the Shockley ideal diode equation did for inorganic ...

Roll to roll printing of solar cells could be 100 to 1000 times cheaper than current solar panels. The New York Times is printed in a 515,000-square-foot building in Queens. ... “I believe that ...

The role of interfacial donor–acceptor percolation in efficient and stable all-polymer solar cells. Nature Communications , 2024; 15 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45455-0 Cite This Page : ...

Dye-sensitized thin-film solar cells are cheaper to make than conventional silicon cells, but they’re still relatively inefficient. Now researchers at Stanford University have used a specially ...

Citation: Moth eyes may hold key to more efficient solar cells (2008 ... Units analysis for this phase shift problem using a differential equation. Apr 4, 2025. Fresnel Zone Equation Problem.

Perovskite solar cells should be subjected to a combination of stress tests simultaneously to best predict how they will function outdoors, according to researchers at the U.S. Department of ...

Moving beyond the 80-year-old solar cell equation Date: July 2, 2024 Source: Swansea University Summary: Physicists have made a significant breakthrough in solar cell technology by developing a ...

New study reveals how dynamic nanodomains in lead halide perovskites impact charge transport, offering a path to more efficient and stable solar cells. ( Nanowerk News ) A new study, published in ...