Doctoral student Aditya G. Baradwaj (at left), professor Muhammad A. Alam (center) and doctoral student Ryyan Khan, operate a solar simulator. They are members of a research team led by former ...

Perovskite solar cells, PSCs, have emerged as one of the most promising renewable energy technologies of the past decade.

Tin sulphide (SnS) thin films have emerged as a promising class of absorber materials for solar cell applications due to their earth‐abundance, non-toxicity and suitable optoelectronic properties.

When it comes to supplying energy for space exploration and settlements, commonly available solar cells made of silicon or gallium arsenide are still too heavy to be feasibly transported by rocket. To ...

Perovskite solar cells have attained now attained the extremely high efficiency rate of 24.35% with an active area of 1 cm2. This ground-breaking achievement in maximizing power generation from ...

Given the outstanding impact of , Frontiers in Energy Research is pleased to launch Volume II of this successful Research Topic. Emerging thin-film solar ...

A team of researchers led by the UK’s University of Cambridge has developed an adhesive-free method of bonding ultra-thin gallium arsenide (GaAs) solar cells to borosilicate glass. The technique, ...

Highly efficient silicon solar cells that are as flexible as a sheet of paper could offer a lightweight power source for applications such as uncrewed aerial vehicles while cutting the cost of solar ...

Energy can never be created or destroyed. That's basic Physics 101. You simply cannot create energy out of thin air. Yet ...

Powering satellites and other applications outside of Earth’s atmosphere has long been a small yet exciting niche for some of the highest-efficiency PV technologies ever produced. These are typically ...

Bismuth sulfide (Bi2S3) thin films have emerged as a promising class of semiconductor materials in the field of photovoltaic research. Owing to their direct band gap of approximately 1.3 eV, high ...