Why transparent solar cells could replace windows in the near future
Researchers have developed transparent solar panels that can be used as glass windows in our homes or even in our ...
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‘Solar windows’ change from transparent to tinted at high temperatures, blocking the sun while generating electricity
For the smart buildings of the future.
Transparent solar technology could provide 40% of US power if deployed across all glass surfaces
There's a huge untapped potential for solar energy across America's shining skyscrapers.
Record-breaking silicon solar cell efficiency of 26.6% demonstrated by Japanese researchers, very close to the theoretical limit
We're getting closer to the ideal silicon solar cell.
Swiss startup demoes residential solar panels twice as efficient than what the market has to offer
Another confirmation that solar energy is moving fast.
Photosynthetic solar cell turns carbon dioxide and sunlight into fuel
Fossil fuels could soon be a thing of the past.
You’ve heard all about solar cells, but what about bacterial solar cells?
On the desk of Seokheun "Sean" Choi sits a 3x3 array that at first glance looks like a lemon squeezer. ...
Charge nano-map could help scientists turn perovskite into THE solar cell material
Despite solar cells made with perovskite recently crossed the 20 percent efficiency mark, researchers say there's still room to improve ...
Finally, the metal wiring in solar cells might stop reflecting light. One up solar efficiency
There's an inherent flaw in solar cells: the metal wiring that's quintessential to harnessing the electrons reflects the incoming light, ...
Finally, a fully transparent solar energy harvester
University of Michigan researchers have devised what looks like the world's first fully transparent solar cell. Think of all of ...
Concentrated photovoltaic, now on your rooftop
The most efficient solar cells are those that convert incoming concentrated solar power via lenses, the sort you see on ...
A new way to harvest solar energy using metal nanoparticles and plasmon resonance
Solar cell technology has improved dramatically over the past couple of year, yet it will be a long time before ...
Solar cells etched with Blu-ray bit patterns absorb 21.8% more energy
Apart from both being shiny, it's hard to see any connection between a Blu-ray disk and a solar panel. Northwestern ...
One single scrap car battery could be turned into solar cells that power 30 homes
One single lead-iron battery could be used to build enough solar panels to power 30 homes. ...
Spray-coated solar cells bring solar power to every corner
Researchers at University of Sheffield demonstrate a perovskite spray-on solar cell for the first time. Also, this is the first ...
New material allows ultra-thin, transparent solar cells
Austrlian researchers have successfully developed transparent, ultra-thin, foldable solar cells.
Popeye’s secret: spinach provides key insight that might one day lead to artificial photosynthesis
While scientists have been studying and incrementally increasing solar cell efficiency, we've yet to reach nature's magnitude of solar energy ...
Perovskite solar cells might help the solar market grow to new heights
NREL Senior Scientist Kai Zhu prepares a perovskite solar cell in his lab. Photo: NREL A ...
New way to make affordable high efficiency stacked solar cells
A typical multi junction solar cell. Photo: treehugger.ocm Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ...
Excition fission model could vastly improve solar cell efficiency
Troy Van Voorhis, professor of chemistry (left), and Marc Baldo, professor of electrical engineering (right). Photo: ...