Organic solar cells have long promised a future of lightweight, flexible energy harvesting, but their tendency to degrade ...

A study conducted by Penn State University researchers has revealed that organic solar cells ...

Solar power continues to grow—accounting for most new capacity added to U.S. electric grids in 2024—but the mid-1950s technology most often used to capture the sun's energy comes with environmental ...

Organic solar cells (OSCs) and polymer electronics represent a rapidly evolving field in renewable energy technology. These devices utilize organic materials to convert sunlight into electricity, ...

Metal-halide perovskite solar cells are attractive for next-generation photovoltaics due to their low fabrication cost and rapidly rising efficiencies. However, exposure to light and oxygen generates ...

A new model shows how transport resistance limits solar cell efficiency and how better fill factor predictions could help us develop more powerful photovoltaics One light bulb turned on (Courtesy: ...

Self-assembling molecule for organic solar cells A research team from Osaka Metropolitan University have developed a donor-acceptor-donor molecule that can spontaneously self-assemble into nanoscale ...

Favoring light emission instead of heat dissipation after light absorption.

Schematic illustration of chiral bifacial NFA, CISS effect and Application to Organic Solar Cells. Osaka, Japan – Organic solar cells are made from conductive polymers, which makes them cheap, light, ...

Illustration of all-organic solar cells and power conversion efficiencies of AOSCs described in the present study and previous reports. As global efforts to combat climate change continue, demand for ...

The power conversion efficiency (PCE) of all-organic solar cells has been doubled, thanks to the development of novel organic electrodes that can be fabricated using a moderate, more practical process ...