US researchers have designed a 2D solar cell based on TMDCs that may exceed by far the efficiency of this device typology, which usually doesn’t exceed 6%. The novelty of this cell consists of its ...

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have rapidly emerged as one of the most promising photovoltaic technologies due to their high power conversion efficiency (PCE), which has surpassed 26% in ...

The manufacture of high-efficiency solar cells with layers of 2D and 3D perovskites may be simplified by solvents that allow solution deposition of one layer without destroying the other. Rice ...

Engineers at Rice University have solved a long-standing conundrum in making stable, efficient solar panels out of halide perovskites. Chemical and biomolecular engineer Aditya Mohite says the new ...

From transition metal dichalcogenides to boron nitride and beyond, these ultrathin systems have found relevance in fields ranging from photonics to quantum computing. Yet despite this momentum, the ...

A U.S.-French research group has developed a 2D perovskite solar cell with enhanced electron flow and a threefold increase in the electron conduction of the perovskite material. Perovskite cells built ...

HOUSTON – (Sept. 22, 2022) – Rice University engineers say they’ve solved a long-standing conundrum in making stable, efficient solar panels out of halide perovskites. It took finding the right ...