One-dimensional device simulations to set a relationship between material properties and device performances paving the way toward higher performances organic solar cells.
Real‐Time In Situ Observation of Microstructural Change in Perovskites [Video]
A detailed mechanism for the degradation of methylammonium lead iodide – a ubiquitous material for perovskite-based solar cells.
Perovskite Perspectives: Weiguang Xie and Jianbin Xu Draw Grain Boundaries
Weiguang Xie and Jianbin Xu explain the problems caused by grain boundary defects in perovskite materials used to create solar cells.
Dr. Dongling Ma: Nanomaterials for Renewable Energy Solutions
Dr. Dongling Ma (INRS) and co-author Deepak Thrithamarassery Gangadharan talk to us about themselves, their careers, and the future of perovskite solar cell research.
Molecular Design Evolution of Porphyrin Chromophores for Photovoltaic Materials
A review of the latest development in the molecular design of zinc porphyrins for dye-sensitized solar cells.
Special all-review issue of Advanced Science celebrates an impact factor of 6.0
The July issue of Advanced Science contains 10 new review articles, covering topics such as perovskite solar cells, gas sensing, radiative cooling, and thermoelectric materials.
Roll-to-roll printing of flexible organic power transistors
The same roll-to-roll printing methodologies can be explored for printing of electrochromics, transistor logic and solar cell power units.
International Year of Light: Complex Photonic Structures
This review gives an overview how light-trapping mechanisms based on nanophotonics principles can enhance light absorption in thin-film solar cells.
DSSC counter electrodes from domestic waste
Professor Manthiram’s group at the University of Texas at Austin develops a naturally derived carbonaceous material for use in dye-sensitized solar cells.
Cu(In,Ga)Se2 outperforms multicrystalline silicon
Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS) thin-film solar cells have now reached a high efficiency level with a new record efficiency of 20.8 %.