They have argued that such materials should be used to overcome the poor blue response of solar cells, while absorbing short-wavelength light, typically in the 300 nm to 500 nm range, and re-emit ...

Within a few years, people in remote villages in the developing world may be able to make their own solar panels, at low cost, using otherwise worthless agricultural waste as their raw material ...

The tech could drastically lower the production cost for solar. Researchers accomplish 'pivotal step' on quest to create ...

Polymer-based photovoltaic cells have some real advantages compared to the currently used semiconductor-based cells. They are easy to make and the materials are cheap.

PV cells have a variety of applications, from personal electronic devices (such as calculators, ... For example, thin-film solar cells use less materials than traditional solar cells.

Team creates LEDs, photovoltaic cells, and light detectors using novel one-molecule-thick material. Researchers have used a novel material that's just a few atoms thick to create devices that can ...

Sofab Inks, a spinoff of University of Louisville, said its transport layer materials enable perovskite solar cells with ...

According to the Dutch researchers, the choice of the semiconductor materials enabling the effective exploitation of CM in solar cells and their bandgap should be between 0.6–1.0 electronvolt ...

Reference: Dabuliene A, Shi ZE, Leitonas K, et al. Enhancement of efficiency of perovskite solar cells with hole-selective layers of rationally designed thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazole derivatives.ACS Appl ...

Artificial intelligence could make discovering new materials for advanced technologies like solar cells and quantum computers a simple process in the coming years. Researchers from Tohoku ...

An unavoidable aspect of photovoltaic (PV) solar panels is that they become less efficient when they warm up. [Tech Ingredients] explains in a new video the basic reason for this, which involves th… ...