Recent results show great promise of binary solvent strategy to control the molecular order and nanoscale morphology for high efficiency non-fullerene solar cells

A new approach generated 13 new material candidates for solar cells and 23 new candidates for LEDs

The research team added caffeine to the perovskite layer of 40 solar cells and used infrared spectroscopy to show the caffeine successfully bonded with the material

The materials could make future space missions more accessible, and cheaper to launch

The findings provide new insights into the process of photosynthesis at the molecular level

Hybrid perovskites hold promise to be more efficient in converting light into energy than traditional solar cell materials

While semiconductors may not contain rare materials, many are toxic or very expensive

Researchers at the University of Tokyo invent semi-transparent solar cell for efficient power generation

Using X-ray beams and lasers, researchers studied how a new promising class of solar cell materials, called hybrid perovskites, behaves at the nanoscale level during operation

Semitransparent organic solar cells in eyeglasses to power microprocessor, example of future solar-powered mobile applications