solar

Typically, underwater solar cells are affected by biofouling: the accumulation of marine organisms such as algae and barnacles on submerged surfaces, which typically reduces...

Luminescent Solar Concentrators (LSCs) are devices that capture and concentrate sunlight using luminescent materials. These materials absorb sunlight and re-emit it at a different...

Solar energy has long been an important candidate for generating clean power in a time when climate change is becoming an increasing issue in...

At the University of Kansas, researchers have made an exciting breakthrough in the field of organic semiconductors, which may make way for a new...

Star Catcher Industries revealed its plans to build the world’s first space-based energy grid to power satellites, aiming to advance space operations by providing...

Scientists from the City University of Hong Kong developed perovskite solar cells that are highly efficient, stable, and printable, expected to help in achieving...

A European initiative is studying the practicality of building data centers in space, and it has recently found that the project could be economically...

Researchers from China developed a new approach to safely recycle solar panels in an environmentally friendly way that is also more energy efficient and...

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) have developed new battery and solar fibers for wearable electronics with an ambition to develop...

NASA, as part of its Innovative Advanced Concepts Program (NIAC), is looking to build the “first lunar railway system” using robots and a concept...

The Supernova satellite bus is the newest development by Seattle-based company Portal Space Systems. The company’s aim is to solve orbital maneuverability challenges with its...

Japan’s space-based solar-power station is expected to begin testing next year, in a project meant to help the world reduce its dependence on fossil...

The UK-based Space Solar is presenting a breakthrough in wireless power transmission technology, bringing the age of space-based solar power by delivering gigawatts of...

The US Navy is going to get KHA’s solar-powered K1000ULE drone, which will be used as part of their Small Unit Remote Scouting System....

Flexible solar cells are hailed as the future of solar power and have many potential applications in aerospace and flexible electronics, but their low...

Researchers managed to build a new kind of bifacial (two-faced) solar panel using single-walled carbon nanotubes as both front and back electrodes, measuring just...

Researchers at The University of New South Wales in Australia are working on a device to be implanted in the eye’s retina and restore...

A group of international researchers developed a new type of solar module that can produce both electricity and heat from the sun – with...

While we accelerate the rate of installing solar panels on rooftops and in grid-scale farms, the world keeps getting hotter and extreme weather arrives...

Ambient Photonics is innovating low-light indoor solar cell technology and claims to offer up to three times more power than competing solutions with its...

Solar cells as an energy source are integral for building electrical devices, but high-efficiency solar cells often lack flexibility, therefore their application in wearable...

Researchers from Qatar and Jordan successfully devised a solar energy system that can work at night, which more than doubles the energy output of...