Chinese group show semiconductors can improve efficiency of photocatalysis, with potential in turn for better solar cells.
Ascent Solar agree joint venture with Suqian government
Agreement covers a multi-faceted, three-phase project over the next six years for producing CIGS technology.
Spicing up solar power
With the help of thin-film technologies, researchers have now been able to turn solar cells into colorful creations.
Imaging material defects in thin film solar cells
A team has, for the first time, succeeded in functionally characterizing the active layer in organic thin-film solar cells using laser light.
Researchers watch chalcopyrite solar cells grow in real time
Team manage to observe growth of thin-film solar cells in real time and to study the formation and degradation of defects that compromise efficiency.
Molecular database for solar cell researchers
Researchers release massive database of molecules that might be useful in organic solar cells.
Solar car with motor materials from ThyssenKrupp
Soft magnetic steel is the core of a new generation of solar cars.
Block copolymers make better solar cells
Solar cells created by laboratories at Rice and Pennsylvania State universities could open the door to research on a new class of solar energy devices.
Solar Cells as Inexpensive as Paint?
Organic photovoltaic materials may lead to solar cells that produce more power and cost less.
A step towards QD solar cells
MIT researchers find that the secret lies in off-kilter ratios of the two basic components that make up the dots.