solar energy
Catalyzing a green future
“Using solar energy to efficiently make green fuels is the ultimate goal for many catalysis researchers,” says Jorge Gascon, director of the KAUST Catalysis…
Energy of the future: photosynthetic hydrogen from bacteria
The transition from fossil fuels to a renewable energy supply is one of the most important global challenges of the 21st century. In order to achieve the…
Engineers demonstrate next-generation solar cells can take the heat, maintain efficiency
A problem with the current generation of silicon solar cells is their relatively low efficiency at converting solar energy into electricity, said Vikram Dalal,…
Next gen solar cells perform better when there's a camera around
A literal “trick of the light” can detect imperfections in next-gen solar cells, boosting their efficiency to match that of existing silicon-based versions,…
New simulation-experiment combination allows deeper insights into ultrafast light-induced processes
Since the 1990s, femtochemistry has been researching ultrafast processes at the molecular level. In the last few years, the research group Femtosecond Dynamics…
Lasers etch a 'perfect' solar energy absorber
In a paper in Light: Science & Applications, the lab of Chunlei Guo, professor of optics also affiliated with Physics and the Material Sciences Program,…