Find out how solar cells power a good portion of homes today—and how they might power almost everything in the future.

Thin-film solar panels use a layer of photovoltaic material that is deposited on a substrate, which can be flexible. Some of the most common thin-film materials are cadmium telluride (CdTe ...

New ultra-thin solar panels are 1,000 times more effective than standard panels thanks to a breakthrough crystal design.

Researchers at UNIST (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology) have made a significant leap in solar technology by ...

A novel thin-film material capable of simultaneously enhancing the efficiency and durability of tandem solar cells has been ...

Forward-looking: Oxford University researchers have developed a flexible perovskite ... a groundbreaking solar-power innovation. They have miniaturized solar panels that are thin enough to print ...

But how do solar panels make electricity out of light ... molecules onto a sliver of crystal, or a ribbon of flexible polymer. Many thin-film cells use amorphous silicon, which can absorb energy ...

A team of international researchers led by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia has ...

Imagine solar panels so thin and pliable that you can power all your devices by slapping them onto your house, car, smartphone, and knapsack. That tech could be coming soon, thanks to Oxford ...

Scientists from Oxford University’s physics department have developed a micro-thin, light-absorbing material flexible enough ... of energy of current solar panels. The technology comes at ...