Perovskite solar cells have garnered widespread attention as a low-cost, high-efficiency alternative to conventional silicon ...

When British solar manufacturer Oxford PV shipped the first commercial order of perovskite-silicon solar cells last September, it was touted as a breakthrough in the industry. The news marked a ...

Solar power has long been constrained by a supposedly unbreakable ceiling on how much sunlight a panel can turn into ...

Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a new vapor-deposition technique that greatly ...

Perovskite solar cells are a promising alternative to traditional silicon solar panels but have poor durability. Professor Ted Sargent, Research associate professor Bin Chen, Postdoctoral fellows ...

After receiving training under a government programme, they began making a range of devices, from solar power banks and bulbs ...

Radiation testing suggests that solar cells made from carbon-based, or organic, materials could outperform conventional silicon and gallium arsenide for generating electricity in the final frontier, a ...

NASA's plan to establish a permanent human presence on the moon will require making better use of lunar resources. A new approach has now shown how to make solar cells out of moon dust. Later this ...

Solar panels keep generating electricity throughout winter – but how much can you realistically expect in the UK?