Researchers have come up with a new way to make perovskite films for solar cells. The technique is especially well suited to making ultra-thin films that are semi-transparent, which could be useful ...

Learn how to build a simple solar cell at home using copper tape, plastic cups, and water. This step-by-step science experiment demonstrates how to harness solar energy to generate electricity.

Osaka Metropolitan University scientists have created a molecule that naturally forms p/n junctions, structures that are ...

By protecting the surface during heating, the team reduced the chance that tiny flaws would grow into long-term failures.

UNSW engineers have made a major step forward in the development of a new type of solar cell that could help make future ...

A study carried out at the Federal University of ABC (UFABC), in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, presents a new way to mitigate the rapid degradation of perovskite solar cells. The problem, which ...

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Researchers in Australia have developed a new laser-based technique that allows them to observe ...

Engineers have developed a way to monitor solar cells at a microscopic level while they are operating – to discover exactly how damage caused by ultraviolet light can be naturally repaired.

UNSW researchers have devised a process that identifies exactly how solar cells are damaged by ultraviolet radiation - and what happens when they ...