To this end, many countries around the world are imposing legal requirements on photovoltaic manufacturers, to ensure that they collect and recycle any solar cell waste they produce. These initiatives ...

A new study by researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign describes a breakthrough in the field of organic ...

A groundbreaking innovation can fully recycle modern solar panels using water, which would make it a truly sustainable energy ...

A solar cell is made of two types of semiconductors, called p-type and n-type silicon. The p-type silicon is produced by adding atoms—such as boron or gallium—that have one less electron in their ...

In traditional solar cells, the maximum EQE is 100% ... Ekuma, an expert in computational condensed matter physics, developed ...

Perovskite cells are much cheaper and more flexible than their silicon alternatives, but they have major durability problems.

Feb. 27, 2025 — Perovskite solar cells could last ten times longer thanks to new research, which suggests alumina nanoparticles significantly enhance the lifespan and stability of these high ...

Technicians with ESA (European Space Agency) and Airbus installed the four solar array wings on NASA's Orion spacecraft for Artemis II on March 3. The solar array wings, attached to the service ...

Solar cells are devices for converting sunlight into electricity. Their primary element is often a semiconductor which absorbs light to produce carriers of electrical charge. An applied electric ...

Roland Winston, SB’56, SM’57, PhD’63—a pioneer in solar energy, engineering, and physics—died Feb. 8 at his home in ...

Suniva, the largest and oldest U.S. manufacturer of high-efficiency monocrystalline silicon solar cells, and Heliene Inc., a ...

His current research interests include high-efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells, physics of heterojunction structures, as well as standardization of solar cells. He presents a summary of ...