A group led by researchers at Nagoya University in Japan has created a material based on fullerene indanones (FIDO), which promises to improve the durability of next-generation solar cells. Durability ...

Solar panels are an increasingly efficient, cost-effective, and higher-power-density renewable-energy source, though most ...

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 ...

It is 70 years since AT&T’s Bell Labs unveiled a new technology for turning sunlight into power. The phone company hoped it could replace the batteries that run equipment in out-of-the-way places. It ...

Humans have harnessed the sun's energy for heat and light in various ways for centuries. From housing designs featuring thermal mass heated by the sun, to solar powered ovens and greenhouses, the ...

When we bought a not-quite-finished off-grid home about a month into the COVID-19 lockdown, my wife and I set out on an adventure in more ways than one. We decided it was the right time to begin the ...

A new review highlights how disordered nanomaterials outperform crystals in solar-powered hydrogen production, CO? reduction, and pollutant degradation. (Nanowerk News) Photocatalysis—using sunlight ...

David Firnando Silalahi's ongoing PhD study is funded by the Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP). Vast arrays of solar panels floating on calm seas near the Equator could provide effectively ...

Portable solar panels neatly ride the line between fallback options during a power outage and convenient sources of electricity on the go. Solar power is the fastest growing source of electricity in ...

The solar cells onboard were crucial, as batteries alone couldn't have sustained its operation for that long. While technological breakthroughs of this magnitude were sparse from the 1960s through the ...