Solar panels, like those commonly perched atop house roofs or in sun-drenched fields, quietly harvesting the sun’s radiant energy, are one of the standard-bearers of the green energy movement. But ...

If you think solar is still too expensive, here’s how to get more bang for your solar-cell buck. Take a small solar cell, and slice it into thin slivers. Wrap the slivers around the edges of a slab of ...

We see plenty of solar projects here on Hackaday, but they primarily consist of projects that use an off-the-shelf solar panel to power something else. We see very few projects where people actually ...

Easy-to-make solar cells that capture light with dyes have garnered an impressive string of scientific awards, including the Millennium Technology Prize in 2010. Yet they’ve had little commercial ...

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a dye they say can improve solar energy technology. Head researcher Ahmed El-Shafei says the dye, or “sensitizer,” improves ...

Dye-sensitized solar cells rival conventional photovoltaic devices by getting an efficiency boost up to 15 percent thanks to a new solid-state version of the perovskite light harvester device and a ...

STAIN Lab presents a workshop and discussion on ethical harvesting and solar dyeing. This will be an introductory workshop about foraging and natural dyeing. Participants will learn about different ...