Scientists have recently scrutinized organic solar cells and derived design rules for light-absorbing dyes that can help to make these cells more efficient, while tailoring the absorption spectrum ...

Researchers have now succeeded in transferring these nanostructures to solar cells and, thus, enhancing their light absorption rate by up to 200 percent. Share: Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIN ...

These high-efficiency materials are tuned so that their band gap matches the solar spectrum. Light absorption followed by re-emission at longer wavelengths will create a mismatch between the light ...

Researchers at the National University of Singapore have successfully developed a perovskite-organic tandem solar cell that ...

As the global demand for clean and sustainable energy continues to surge, the photovoltaic sector remains at the forefront of ...

Nov 02, 2011: Solar power could get boost from new light absorption design (Nanowerk News) Solar power may be on the rise, but solar cells are only as efficient as the amount of sunlight they ...

Researchers in Canada have conducted a series of simulations to understand how spectrum splitters may raise the efficiency of two-terminal tandem solar cells and have found that efficiency gains ...

Chinese scientists have built a selenium solar cell with an alloyed selenium-tellurium absorber, which reportedly reduces interfacial defects. Under standard illumination conditions, the device ...

This feature is claimed to make graphene an ideal building block for any device that relies on converting light into electricity. In particular, it enables efficient light detectors and potentially ...

Hemispherical solar cells could significantly improve sunlight absorption Enhancing light absorption with photovoltaic tech thanks to 3D finite element analysis By Alfonso Maruccia February 21 ...