A new study, published in Nature Nanotechnology and featured on the journal's front cover this month, has uncovered insights ...

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Find out how solar cells power a good portion of homes today—and how they might power almost everything in the future.

The modified panel generated 50 milliwatts per square meter at night. While that's much more than previous iterations of this technology, it's well below what a commercial solar panel can produce ...

That's not really true, because solar panels technically still work at night, although they don't generate electricity. However, when it's cloudy, they will still produce electricity.

Solar panels work based on a physical principle called the photovoltaic effect. Manufacturers combine solar cells made of high-purity silicon with controlled amounts of other elements like boron ...

Matt Burnell is the founder of ReSolar, a British startup looking into reusing, repowering and recycling solar panels. As part of his work, Burnell visited a 40,000 panel array solar farm where ...

While the idea of solar energy is appealing, many people are still in the dark when it comes to how solar panels work. Learn more about how solar panels harness the power of the sun as you ...

With solar’s successful use established in space and costs reduced thanks to Berman’s work, Exxon started trying solar panels on their platforms. Sure enough, solar worked great.