Glass-like solar panels promise seamless building integration, yet performance and cost differences may change how practical ...

CitySolar, and EU-funded research project, has teamed up with the University of Southern Denmark to produce transparent solar cells that can turn modern office budlings into energy producing hubs.

Researchers out of UCLA have developed an affordable-to-produce transparent solar cell that can be applied to windows, giving them the ability to generate electricity while still allowing people to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A team of international researchers has developed a new record-breaking transparent solar cell with an efficiency of 12.3%. The ...

Ubiquitous Energy and Michigan State University researchers have created a fully transparent solar concentrator, which could turn any window or sheet of glass (like your smartphone's screen) into a ...

Solar power has long been seen as a clean alternative to fossil fuels. But its everyday use still faces hurdles. Traditional panels are bulky, stiff, and completely opaque. That makes them hard to fit ...

News from the Far East: Japan's National Institute of Materials Science (NIMS) has built a prototype boron nitride solar cell. Boron nitride (BN) is one of that interesting class of materials that can ...

New semi-transparent solar cells use 3D-printed pillars to adjust color and light transmission without changing the solar material, ideal for windows and flexible surfaces. Using a 3D-printed pillar ...

Australian researchers developed a low-cost reflective coating for semi-transparent solar roof tiles that lowers surface temperatures by up to 20 C and boosts power output by up to 11.7%. Simulations ...

Energy consumption in buildings accounts for more than a third of world electricity use. It motivates innovation in the development of advanced sustainable energy technologies, including emerging ...

Bifacial perovskite solar cells are known for their ability to harness sunlight from both sides. Researchers from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) recently made significant strides in their ...