MIT researchers have developed a lightweight polymer film that is nearly impenetrable to gas molecules, raising the ...

The lightweight material, only nanometers thick, blocks gases more effectively than any polymer ever made and rivals graphene ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the effort to convert sunlight into electricity, photovoltaic solar cells that use conductive organic polymers for light absorption and conversion have shown great potential.

Researchers out of UCLA have developed an affordable-to-produce transparent solar cell that can be applied to windows, giving them the ability to generate electricity while still allowing people to ...

Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say their polymer coating could be used to protect photovoltaic modules, due to its impermeability to gases. The team has demonstrated that a ...

Organic solar cells have attracted much attention due to their light weight, flexibility and suitability for wearable applications. However, long-term device stability remains an obstacle to the full ...

Recent advances in polymer science have underscored the critical role of phase separation in polymer blends, particularly in the context of solar cell performance. By controlling the separation of ...

Scientists at Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE have demonstrated a triple-junction solar cell with a perovskite-perovskite-silicon subcell configuration. They said the cell ...

A new solar cell is being developed in Denmark with transparent panels that provide 50% more energy and do not compromise on ...

Polymers formed from two-dimensional analogues of covalent organic frameworks (COFs) can be almost as impermeable to gases as graphene, researchers in the US have found. 1 The work could open up a ...