Solar energy plays a big role in the fight against climate change. As the world turns to solar power, concerns about the environmental impact of traditional solar panels continue to grow.

To sustainably power our digital future, the world needs more — and more efficient — sources of renewable energy. Michigan Tech researchers are pioneering one such breakthrough in solar energy: highly ...

Explore the potential of perovskite solar cells as a cost-effective alternative to silicon panels for efficient energy.

Swiss solar manufacturer Meyer Burger is ceasing production at its Goodyear, Arizona facility, where hundreds of people were employed.

All solar cell efficiencies at a glance – updated The research group led by Professor Martin Green has published Version 66 of the solar cell efficiency tables.

Scientists in the United States have designed a microwire solar cell that could reportedly enable the coupling of singlet fission with silicon. Key to their achievement was an interface that ...

Exploring a new breakthrough in transparent solar cells. Innovations in solar panel technology include perovskite solar cells, solar tiles, and organic panels. This video examines the potential of ...

Four nations face tariffs of up to 3,500 percent on solar cell imports, seen as counterproductive to some solar industry observers and thrilling to others.

The basic technology behind Ambient Photonics’s solar cells is so simple that it’s routinely assembled as a high school science experiment. In labs across the US, students sandwich ...

Chinese scientists have found a way to make flexible tandem solar cells more efficient and durable by enhancing the adhesion of top layers to the bottom layers of the cell.

The silicon solar cells, designed in-house by Sunreef, are now more efficient, durable, and bolstered by AI optimization. As such, Sunreef is calling its Solar Skin 3.0 technology a “visionary ...

The same dirt that clings to astronauts’ boots may one day keep their lights on. In a study publishing April 3 in the Cell Press journal Device, researchers created solar cells made out of ...