In more than three years of work european scientists finally made future lighting technology ready to market. They developed flexible lighting foils that can be produced roll-to-roll – much... Read more
Patented breakthrough improves potential of solar to become cost-effective, reliable energy source A patented breakthrough by researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology impro... Read more
Think those flat, glassy solar panels on your neighbour’s roof are the pinnacle of solar technology? Think again. Researchers in the University of Toronto’s Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department o... Read more
Hanyang University in collaboration with Stanford University has succeeded in fabricating peel-and-stick thin film solar cells (TFSCs). The Si wafer is clean and reusable. Moreover, as the p... Read more
A new wonder material that can generate hydrogen, produce clean water and even create energy. Science fiction? Hardly, and there’s more – It can also desalinate water, be used as flexi... Read more
Swiss researchers have claimed a new world record efficiency of 18.7% for flexible copper indium gallium (di)selenide (CIGS) solar cells on plastics. Flexible CIGS solar cells have the poten... Read more
Image via Wikipedia A study in the journal Nature Materials details the creation of a nanowire-based technology that absorbs solar energy at comparable levels to currently available systems... Read more
When most people think of solar cells they picture the rigid glass panels that dot rooftops around the world. But the solar cells of the future will be much more adaptable, with researchers... Read more