Researchers have developed a solar cell made entirely of carbon, an inexpensive substitute for the pricey materials used in conventional solar panels. Stanford University scientists have built the first solar cell made entirely of carbon, [...]

Photovoltaic panels can be well worth the investment even if you live in a winter wonderland. Snow and solar cells aren’t mutually exclusive, according to a Michigan Technological University scientist. True, a layer of snow [...]

This new OPV technology is a significant breakthrough A new breakthrough in solar technology means portable electronic devices such as e-book readers could soon be re-charged on the move in low light levels and partial [...]

GeS is relatively inexpensive and non-toxic. Researchers from North Carolina State University have created flower-like structures out of germanium sulfide (GeS) – a semiconductor material – that have extremely thin petals with an enormous surface [...]

New Efficiency Record for Photovoltaic Cells, Thanks to Heterojunction In the medium term, an investment of only $2500 in photovoltaic cells would suffice to provide more than enough electricity for the consumption of a four [...]

As much as 75 percent less than traditional solar cells Researchers at RTI International have developed a new solar technology that could make solar energy more affordable, and thus speed-up its market adoption. The RTI [...]

There’s clearly a market for long-duration ocean going robots A mola, or ocean sunfish, is a very big, very flat, and (in this reporter’s opinion) rather silly looking tropical bony fish. Aerovioronment has used the [...]

These are very durable crystals compared to their organic counterparts At first glance, photovoltaic solar panels are brilliant. They’re self-contained, need no fuel and so long as the sun is shining, they make lots of [...]

Kickstarter backers who stump up more than US$500 will be the first to get their hands on one It took Deep Thought (the supercomputer from The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy) seven and a half million [...]

“We have developed a material that absorbs infrared and is all transparent to the visible light.” One of the holy grails of solar cell technology may have been found, with researchers at UCLA announcing they have created [...]

Designed to survive cyclone force winds of 230 km/h A  New Zealand  company is spearheading a pioneering project to transform the diesel-dependant South Pacific nation of Tokelau into the world’s first solar-powered country. Powersmart Solar [...]

Low-cost, high efficiency solar cells to be made from virtually any semiconductor material A technology that would enable low-cost, high efficiency solar cells to be made from virtually any semiconductor material has been developed by [...]