Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Developed by Tsutomu Miyasaka in 2009, perovskite solar cells emerged as a breakthrough in photovoltaics and a promising ...

Engineers at UNSW Sydney have developed a way to monitor solar cells at a microscopic level while they are operating to discover exactly how damage caused by ultraviolet light can be naturally ...

Unsightly for some, solar panels are now being disguised and designed as ancient Roman tiles to blend into historic city ...

Improving solar cell performance with narrower contact fingers Fraunhofer ISE researchers have developed a new metallization process that can produce ultra-fine line contacts for solar cells. The ...

One of the hindrances to large-scale solar adoption, especially in cities, is where to install the chunky panels. Rooftops? Skyscraper walls? Vast open spaces that dense urban centers barely have in ...

Light can hit a lead halide perovskite crystal that is anything but pristine and still end up as useful electric current. That mismatch has bothered solar researchers for more than a decade. Silicon ...

PEDOT:PSS is commonly used as a hole transport layer in perovskite solar cells because it combines high transparency, good ...

Solar panels in Tibet are creating more grazing land for local herders, giving an economic boost to locals and free lawn care ...

Solar panels disguised as ancient Roman tiles or designed to blend into historic skylines. Pompeii and Évora are proving that ...