photovoltaic

Researchers have designed a machine learning method that can predict the structure of new materials with five times the efficiency of the current...

Installing solar panels could help historic buildings beat the rising costs of energy, according to a new study.

Researchers have identified a key mechanism responsible for the lower efficiencies of organic solar cells and shown a way that this hurdle might be...

Scientists from the Universities of Cambridge and Bristol have found a way to create plastic semiconductor nanostructures that absorb light and...

Researchers have demonstrated how a non-toxic alternative to lead could form the basis of next-generation solar cells.

Aditya Sadhanala wanders over to the wall, turns a pulley, and a wooden box about a metre squared swings up and away. Below it gleams an array of...

Perovskite materials are the newest contender for breaking the silicon ceiling in solar cell technology. But they don’t just absorb light. Cambridge...

A new process developed by scientists at the University of Cambridge has the potential to drive down the cost of manufacturing solar-grade silicon...