Lead recycled from centuries-old ammunition provides raw materials for perovskite solar cells. Perovskite solar cells ...

Rice University scientists and collaborators have created a new type of two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor that comes closer ...

A new solar breakthrough may overcome a long-standing efficiency barrier. Researchers used a “spin-flip” metal complex to capture and multiply energy from sunlight through singlet fission. The result ...

A new “energy-multiplying” solar breakthrough could push efficiency beyond 100% and transform how we capture sunlight.

The breakthrough overcomes the long-standing limit of conventional solar cells to achieve an energy conversion efficiency of ...

A new study reports the discovery of an entirely new stable, earth-abundant, high-performance material for solar absorbers -- the central part of a solar cell that turns light into electricity. While ...

Researchers at Lehigh University in the United States developed a new thin-film solar cell absorber material that reportedly features an average photovoltaic absorption of 80% and an external quantum ...

Perovskite solar cells are among the most promising technologies for making solar power cheaper and more efficient. Working ...

Perovskites are promising materials for solar cells. A layer of dipolar molecules at the perovskite surface improves the efficiency of these devices. Read the paper: All-perovskite tandem solar cells ...

Researchers at the National University of Singapore have boosted the power conversion efficiency of ...

Demonstration of a proof-of-concept tandem solar cell composed of antimony selenide and wide-band-gap perovskite as bottom and top subcell absorption materials. The device achieves a greater than 20% ...

In 2023, numerous research studies exploring photovoltaic material enhancements for increased solar cell efficiency were published in several journals. Some of these notable studies are discussed ...