However, in their current form, solar cells scoreless on efficiency, converting only about a quarter of the solar energy they ...

According to the Department of Energy, that's right about what conventional silicon solar cells can manage. But manufacturing organic solar cells has typically required highly toxic solvents.

Researchers in Singapore used a biomass-derived polymer to increase the efficiency of hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite ...

Significantly, their fabrication is expected to be cheaper ... Researchers, including Osaka’s group, are making organic solar cells based on these π-conjugated polymers. Osaka explains that ...

Flexible solar cells that do not contain any rare earth metal are paving the way for the development of low-cost, efficient ...

Silicone-based solar cells have become ubiquitous, but their high production cost, and lack of flexibility, present limitations. ‘Plastic’ photovoltaics based on organic polymers — or ...

Organic solar cells made with NFAs have demonstrated efficiencies ... may be useful when applied to photocatalysts for solar-fuel production, a photochemical process that uses sunlight to convert ...

Lightweight, robust, radiation-resilient photovoltaics are critical technologies for many aerospace applications. OPV cells ...

The new flexible solar cell can be used on surfaces that could not normally stand the weight of solar panels, creating ...

essential for the optimal performance of devices like organic LEDs and solar cells. Conversely, MBE also requires an ultrahigh vacuum environment but focuses on atomic-level precision in depositing ...

ES Foundry marked a significant milestone in the U.S. solar manufacturing industry on Jan. 31 with the grand opening of its ...

What are Organic Photovoltaics (OPV)? Organic photovoltaics (OPV) are a class of solar cells that utilize organic materials, such as polymers and small molecules, to convert sunlight into electricity.