Powering the future: New insights into how alkali-metal doped flexible solar cells work

This development will help solve wear-out failure problems that are limiting advanced applications in computers, solar cells, and many other devices.

Designing solar panels in checkerboard lines increases their ability to absorb light by 125%, a new study says

Researchers have been able to produce multilayered solar panels with the potential to be 1.5 times more efficient than traditional silicon panels.

A study of a solar-energy material with a bright future revealed a way to slow phonons, the waves that transport heat.

This approach to grid-scale energy storage is estimated to be ten-fold cheaper than using batteries.

Researchers say using two thin films may create affordable, thin-film cells with about 34% efficiency.

Dye-sensitised solar cells could perform better thanks to improved understanding of additives in optimizing electrolytes.

The research points to a promising new direction for solar cell research.

These could range from cell phones to cameras and fiber optics, as well as in solar cells.

There are different materials and technologies that impact panel efficiency and cost.

Tulane University researchers are part of a team of scientists who have developed a hybrid solar energy converter.