Perovskite solar cells have gained a lot of attention in research circles recently owing to significant and relatively fast leaps in its efficiency, but the toxic lead they contain is something ...

From Wi-Fi-connected home security systems to smart toilets, the so-called Internet of Things brings personalization and convenience to devices that help run homes. But with that comes tangled ...

Devices often waste the light around them. A chip helps hybrid solar cells turn any light, into power, keeping devices running longer.

As compared to their more commonly-seen counterparts that utilize crystalline silicon semiconductors, organic solar cells are thin, flexible, lightweight and cheap, allowing for their application in a ...

Solar power is an increasingly mainstream technology, and you can now get solar chargers for your phone, solar-powered clothes, and rollable solar panels. But most of us spend most of our time indoors ...

In a future where most things in our everyday life are connected through the internet, devices and sensors will need to run without wires or batteries. In a new article in Chemical Science, ...

As the world moves towards green energy, especially solar energy, the technology is changing in interesting ways. While originally, solar panels were installed for energy collection from sunlight in ...

When the sun goes down over large swathes of the developing world, the 1.3 billion people currently living without access to an electricity connection are plunged into darkness. According to figures ...

Dutch designer Marjan van Aubel has developed a solar lamp that is designed to be hung in front of windows so it can generate its own energy. Called Sunne, the light is equipped with photovoltaic ...

On a continent where more than half the population lives off-the-grid, many African villagers can neither afford nor acquire simple solar lamps, relying instead on dangerous kerosene products to light ...