Ones To Watch: MIT Clean Energy Winners

The big winner at the MIT Clean Energy Prize competition was Picasolar and its cost-lowering, efficiency-boosting selective emitter application for solar cells. Read more →
MIT Turns Over A New Solar Leaf Plan

The solar-to-fuel dream lives on, as the "artificial leaf" team outlines a path to efficiencies that could make the technology viable. Read more →
See-Through Solar Cells Could Give Your iPad Eternal Life

Could layers of transparent solar cells allow mobile devices to gather ambient energy throughout the day? Read more →
Weaving Solar Magic With Super-Thin Fiber Cells

For the first time, a silicon-based optical fiber with solar-cell capabilities has been developed that has been shown to be scalable to many meters in length. Read more →
Rusty Solar Cell Is A Hydrogen Producer

Looking to reduce costs, researchers in Switzerland successfully use a semiconductor based on iron oxide (yep, rust) in their photoelectrochemical water-splitting device. Read more →
First All-Carbon Solar Cell Could Offer Price Breakthrough

Stanford researchers say they've made the first all-carbon solar cell – now they just need to work on that 1 percent efficiency issue. Read more →
Air Force’s Secret Space Plane Used Solar In Orbit

Its purpose is shrouded in mystery but we do know one thing about the U.S. Air Force's robotic X-37B space plane, which flew back to Earth recently after a 15-month stint in orbit -- it runs on solar. Read more →
Solar Cell Eye Implants: Sight For The Blind?

Scientists at Stanford University have come up with a system to help blind people see again using retinal implants that operate like tiny solar cells. Read more →
Lab-Grown Nanotubes Could Trim Solar Cell Cost

New research suggests that carbon nanotubes could be an efficient alternative for the expensive platinum electrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells. Read more →
Are Dye-Sensitized Cells The Future Of Solar?

Researchers in Finland are claiming that a form of solar cells that can be applied to surfaces as a coat of paint could herald the future of solar energy. Read more →




