Solar cells, devices that can convert sunlight into electricity, are among the most promising solutions to source energy ...

Hundreds of years ago, lead musket balls tore across European battlefields, littering the ground with toxic materials. Today, ...

As a response to the global demand for clean energy transition, tandem solar cells are recognized as a crucial ...

Perovskite solar cells shouldn’t work as well as they do—but they do. Scientists have now discovered that defects inside the material actually help, creating networks that separate and guide electric ...

The result was certified by China's National Photovoltaic Industry Metrology Test Center (NPVM). The cell utilizes a perovskite top device with MBT-ligand-controlled crystallization on a TOPCon ...

The research advanced the durability of perovskite solar cells without compromising their exceptional efficiency, moving closer to a practical, low-cost alternative to silicon-based photovoltaics.

A global research team led by the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) has made a breakthrough in perovskite solar technology. By adding pyrrodiazole (PZ) to formamidinium ...

Researchers led by a team at Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology in India have simulated a tandem solar cell based on a lead-free halide perovskite top cell with a wide energy bandgap of 1.6 ...

Molecularly engineered ultrathin films enhance efficiency and stability in perovskite solar cells by aligning energy levels precisely, offering an alternative to conventional electron transport layers ...

Materials scientists say they’ve taken nearly 300-year-old toxic waste—a stockpile of spherical lead bullets from the 16th ...

Scientists have developed a new protective coating that significantly extends the life of perovskite solar cells, making them more practical for applications outside the lab. Northwestern University ...