Solar Energy News

Los Angeles, CA (SPX) May 01, 2026
Chemists at the University of Warwick have identified a series of previously unknown materials formed during the heating of molecular precursors, including a new structural form of bismuth vanadate, a well-studied clean-energy compound with potential roles in solar fuel generation and next-generation batteries. The findings, published A...

London (SPX) May 01, 2026
Researchers have identified previously unknown materials, including a new form of a widely studied clean-energy material, by carefully controlling and tracking how molecular precursors break down during heating. The study, published in Nature Communications, uncovers a series of hidden intermediate stages that appear when molecules are heated to b...

Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 01, 2026
Rice University chemical engineers have developed a method to make perovskite-based photovoltaics more durable by driving the material directly into its desirable black crystal phase while making it harder to degrade into an inactive yellow phase. Aditya Mohite and collaborators used two key additives in the precursor solution to create ...

Tokyo (SPX) May 01, 2026
Researchers have achieved a power conversion efficiency of 20.21 percent in pseudo-planar heterojunction organic solar cells by introducing a crystalline polymer buffer layer that shields against solvent-induced erosion during fabrication. The study, published in Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, addresses a persistent challenge in layer-by-lay...

Tokyo (SPX) May 01, 2026
Researchers at Chiba University have developed the first universal model for energy level alignment at electrode, hole-collecting monolayer, and perovskite interfaces in solar cells, establishing a physically consistent framework that explains and provides guidelines for material performance across diverse combinations. A team led by Professor Hi...