Solar panels often get a bad rap for spoiling the appearance of homes and businesses. Yet, this may be about to change.

Most solar cells are currently silicon based; however, their efficiency is limited. This has prompted researchers to examine new materials.

Solar panels often get a bad rap for spoiling the appearance of homes and businesses. Yet, this may be about to change.

Researchers develop a scalable fabrication technique to produce ultrathin, lightweight solar cells that can be added to any surface.

The photovoltaic effect of ferroelectric crystals can be increased 1,000x if three different materials are arranged in a lattice.

Solar panels often get a bad rap for spoiling the appearance of homes and businesses. Yet, this may be about to change.

The result surprised even the research group: compared to pure barium titanate, the current flow was up to 1000 times stronger.

The great inventor Thomas Edison once said, “So long as the sun shines, man will be able to develop power in abundance."

Solar panels often get a bad rap for spoiling the appearance of homes and businesses. Yet, this may be about to change.

Communities near the ocean can desalinate sea water, but doing so requires a large amount of energy and is achieved at great expense.

Most solar cells are currently silicon based; however, their efficiency is limited. This has prompted researchers to examine new materials.

Researchers developed a new type of solar energy harvesting system that breaks the efficiency record of all existing technologies.

Solar panels often get a bad rap for spoiling the appearance of homes and businesses. Yet, this may be about to change.

The photovoltaic effect of ferroelectric crystals can be increased 1,000x if three different materials are arranged in a lattice.

Plants use light waves from only a portion of the spectrum for photosynthesis—the remainder can be recovered and used to make solar power.

Researchers identified how controlling the arrangement of atoms in a green material can allow it to harvest sunlight using very thin layers.

Solar panels often get a bad rap for spoiling the appearance of homes and businesses. Yet, this may be about to change.