Neutrons provide insights into increased performance for hybrid perovskite solar cells
Mon, 23 Apr 2018 12:50:44 EDT
Neutron scattering has revealed, in real time, the fundamental mechanisms behind the conversion of sunlight into energy in hybrid perovskite materials. A better understanding of this behavior will enable manufacturers to design solar cells with significantly increased efficiency.

Organic solar cells reach record efficiency, benchmark for commercialization
Mon, 23 Apr 2018 11:08:13 EDT
In an advance that makes a more flexible, inexpensive type of solar cell commercially viable, researchers have demonstrated organic solar cells that can achieve 15 percent efficiency.

Squeezing more power out of solar cells
Thu, 19 Apr 2018 14:14:09 EDT
Physicists have published new research that could literally squeeze more power out of solar cells by physically deforming each of the crystals in the semiconductors used by photovoltaic cells.

Energy conversion: Optical 'overtones' for solar cells
Thu, 19 Apr 2018 13:00:51 EDT
Scientists have found a new effect regarding the optical excitation of charge carriers in a solar semiconductor. It could facilitate the utilization of infrared light, which is normally lost in solar devices.

Nanoscale coating enables solar cells to absorb 20 percent more sunlight
Fri, 13 Apr 2018 13:36:42 EDT
Trapping light with an optical version of a whispering gallery, researchers have developed a nanoscale coating for solar cells that enables them to absorb about 20 percent more sunlight than uncoated devices.