Professor Shanhui Fan and a team at Stanford University have built what they call “moonlight panels,” devices that generate electricity after the sun goes down by exploiting the temperature difference ...

Scientists at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) are developing a "reverse solar" panel, called a thermoradiative diode, which generates electricity by emitting infrared light (heat) into cold ...

How do solar panels actually work for producing electricity in your home? - Solar panels turn daylight into electricity, but ...

Perovskite solar cells shouldn’t work as well as they do—but they do. Scientists have now discovered that defects inside the material actually help, creating networks that separate and guide electric ...

Does adding a new home solar panel system makes sense in northern climates? This Canadian homeowner did just that – and after a cold, dark, and dreary winter collecting data, they’re sharing their ...

If you stop to think about it, it’s a marvel that we can harness energy from the sun. But we do, thanks to solar panels equipped with photovoltaic cells that convert sunlight to electricity. That’s no ...

Solar Panels: Many people believe that higher temperatures will result in more electricity generation from solar panels. In ...

A new solar breakthrough may overcome a long-standing efficiency barrier. Researchers used a “spin-flip” metal complex to capture and multiply energy from sunlight through singlet fission. The result ...

As summer temperatures in Osaka, Japan, soar closer to 100 degrees Fahrenheit, staff at Expo 2025 are beating the heat with utility vests that are powered by the sun. Developed by Toyota Group company ...

A new study lays out how to give retired solar panels a new life with recycled plastic wood by acting as electronic picnic ...

Perovskites are promising materials for solar cells. A layer of dipolar molecules at the perovskite surface improves the efficiency of these devices. Read the paper: All-perovskite tandem solar cells ...