A group of researchers funded by a Japanese government program develops “industrially compatible” cells.
Swiss startup Insolight has developed a new solar cell that boasts an energy conversion rate of 36.4 percent, nearly double that of existing residential solar technology.
A joint research team at Masdar Institute and MIT has developed a new two-layer solar cell with a theoretical efficiency of 40 percent, smashing the current world record.
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have engineered a potentially game-changing solar cell that cheaply and efficiently converts atmospheric carbon dioxide directly into usable hydrocarbon fuel, using only sunlight for energy.
Even though conducting missing electrons and transparency were considered mutually exclusive, this new material both efficiently conducts missing electrons and retains most of its transparency to visual light.
Australia’s leading solar research scientists have achieved another significant milestone, reporting a huge leap in solar cell efficiency that could in time lead to a quantum reduction in solar power costs.
Tam Hunt revisits his thesis on the solar singularity - and also adds in storage and electric cars.
University of Cambridge scientists have developed hybrid solar cells that could increase the maximum efficiency of solar panels by more than
