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 ...

Scientists at the Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Vienna, have unveiled an innovative approach for synthesizing azaparacyclophanes (APCs), a class of highly advanced ring-shaped ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

A novel UV-resistant flexible perovskite solar cell integrates a CPI substrate and nanostructured TLS, enhancing efficiency ...

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

postdoc at the Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM) at Linköping University (LiU). Feng Gao, professor of optoelectronics at the same department, adds: “We need to take recycling into ...

A study led by Dr. Latha Marasamy, a research professor at the Autonomous University of Querétaro, Mexico, is setting the ...