The demonstrated device, according to the academics, is built with interfaces between the active cell layers that improve the top cell carrier collection. The cell was built with texturing and a ...

Researchers working to maximize solar panel efficiency said layering advanced materials atop traditional silicon is a promising path to eke more energy out of sunlight. A new study shows that by using ...

A team of researchers has developed a new solar cell that combines two different layers of sunlight-absorbing material to harvest a broader range of the sun's energy and that costs less than its ...

While lying on the beach during a vacation on the Spanish coast in 1999, physicist Jamal Ramdani had an epiphany. As the sand complied to the contours of his body, Ramdani, a researcher at Motorola ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers working to maximize solar panel efficiency said layering advanced materials atop traditional silicon is a promising path to eke more energy out of sunlight. A new study ...