Swedish company Exeger produces solar cells that can work indoors, creating the possibility of self-powered devices that do ...

"This study fundamentally solved the aesthetic problem of the existing solar cell modularization method." Researchers develop ...

In the era of climate change, renewable energies have quickly gained popularity, with solar cells being a prominent example ...

Chalmers researchers used simulations to better understand 2D perovskites, leading to insights for more stable and efficient ...

Researchers in Taiwan have developed an efficient carrier transport and defect passivation approach at the nickel ...

Researchers have significantly improved the performance of kesterite (CZTSSe) thin-film solar cells. They developed a new method for doping silver (Ag) in solar cells to suppress defects that hinder ...

A group of scientists led by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Spain has fabricated an intermediate band (IB) solar ...

Researchers investigate the bulk photovoltaic effect in a promising material for future solar energy harvesting technologies. The bulk photovoltaic (BPV) effect is a rare phenomenon that could allow ...

A one-component electrically conductive adhesive (ECA) for flexible perovskite and organic photovoltaic connections is now ...

We will admit that it is unlikely you have enough gear in your basement to make a solar cell using these steps. However, it is interesting to see how a bare silicon wafer becomes a solar cell.

A solar cell is made of two types of semiconductors, called p-type and n-type silicon. The p-type silicon is produced by adding atoms—such as boron or gallium—that have one less electron in their ...

Solar panels capture sunlight and convert it to electricity using photovoltaic (PV) cells like the one illustrated above. Such cells, which can power everything from calculators to cars (our ...