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Study Shows Solvent Additive-Free Ternary Polymer Solar Cells Achieve Optimized Efficiency of 16.27%

Enhancing the efficiency of polymer solar cells (PSCs) from device physics has turned out to be a hot topic.

15 May 2019

Efficient Cathode Interlayers Composed of Ionene Polymers Enhanced with Pendant Fullerenes

Organic photovoltaics have realized extraordinarily high efficiencies, but discovering ideal combinations of materials for high-performance organic solar cells, which are also economically competitive, still poses a challenge.

28 Mar 2019

Artificial Intelligence Techniques Could Help Improve Energy Production of Photovoltaic Panels

A team of researchers from the Spanish National Research Council and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid has come up with a novel approach based on artificial intelligence methods that accounts for the difference in the atmosphere when fabricating the solar cells to generate more amounts of energy.

27 Mar 2019

Single-Junction OSCs Display Unparalleled Power Conversion Efficiency of Over 16%

Organic solar cells (OSCs) have garnered particular interest from both academic and industrial communities as a prospective technology for renewable energy.

19 Mar 2019

Clear Blue Technologies’ Smart City Lighting Systems Installed in Toronto’s Premium Neighborhoods

The Smart Off-Grid™ company, Clear Blue Technologies International, has announced that 40 of its Illumient solar-powered street lights have been set up in Toronto’s Bloor Street West.

16 Jan 2019

New Fabrication Method Creates Ultra-Thin Transparent Silver Films for Solar Cells

A new fabrication method for transparent ultra-thin silver films has been formulated by scientists at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and the University of Wuppertal. The material may aid in developing very efficient solar cells and light-emitting diodes.

13 Nov 2018

New Properties Added to Organic Photovoltaics by Rice Engineers

Organic solar cells that can be printed or painted on surfaces are more and more efficient, and at present show promise for integration into applications like clothing that also entail them to be flexible.

8 Nov 2018

“AFM Characterization of Emerging Photovoltaics” Webinar Hosted by Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, September 13, 2018

Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, in conjunction with the Materials Research Society (MRS), presents a free webinar, “AFM Characterization of Emerging Photovoltaics,” on September 13, 2018 at 11:30 am EDT.

From Oxford Instruments 17 Aug 2018

New Technique to Reveal How Light Influences Materials

Physicists have created a new method to establish the electronic properties of thin gold films after they interact with light. Details of the new method have been published in the Nature Communications, which increase the understanding of the fundamental laws that rule the interaction of electrons and light.

6 Jun 2018

New Breakthrough in Design and Function of Nanoparticles Could Result in More Efficient Solar Panels

Researchers have demonstrated a new breakthrough, where tiny particles coated with organic dyes function as antennas to capture and convert previously missed sunlight into usable energy. This new development could result in highly efficient solar panels.

25 Apr 2018

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