The next time you pull into a gas station, you might think fuel efficiency is just about the size of your engine or how fast you drive. The reality is far more complex and fascinating. Modern vehicles ...

It has become a hot topic to further improve the efficiency of polymer solar cells (PSCs) from device physics. Ternary strategy provides a very potential solution for simultaneous optimization of ...

Perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells are considered a key technology for photovoltaics. Because of their design, they use ...

The Trump administration announced that it would be rolling back energy efficiency requirements for traditionally-shaped lightbulbs. The requirements would have taken place next year. Credit: ...

A research team has set a new record in the power conversion efficiency of solar cells made using perovskite and organic materials. Their latest work demonstrated a power conversion efficiency of 23.6 ...

Researchers imaged nanoscale photocurrents in an all-polymer blend solar cell using photoconductive atomic force microscopy. Trace solvent additives were found to enhance polymer ordering and ...

President Obama gave a brief lunch-time pep talk to Department of Energy staff today. It contained a lot of the bromides that he spouted during his campaign. Like the fact that we must end the tyranny ...

We are at a critical time and supporting climate journalism is more important than ever. Science News and our parent organization, the Society for Science, need your help to strengthen environmental ...

OVO Grąbczewscy Architekci's stacked garden-like proposal has been awarded third place in a competition for the new Małopolska Science Center in Krakow, Poland. The competition brief asked for the ...