Chemists have synthesized materials that can improve solar elements for indoor use. Such photovoltaic cells, which can also be integrated into various electronic devices, generate electricity even in ...

In your home, you probably have a handful of gadgets that rely on batteries: remotes, smoke detectors, wireless keyboards. But instead of having to replace those batteries again and again, those ...

When you think of solar panels, you usually picture giant cells mounted to face the sun. But what if "solar" cells could be charged using fluorescent lights? Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2024 in Las Vegas is a key platform for innovators who want to demonstrate how the burgeoning influence of photonics will reshape how we use technology. ZDNET sorts ...

Associate Professor Mojtaba Abdi-Jalebi and PhD candidate Siming Huang with panels of their solar cells optimised for indoor light. An international team led by UCL (University College London) ...

From Wi-Fi-connected home security systems to smart toilets, the so-called Internet of Things brings personalization and convenience to devices that help run homes. But with that comes tangled ...

Researchers at the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya in Spain evaluated a dozen indoor PV modules from eleven suppliers with the goal of identifying a PV-based power supply for remote sensor nodes ...

Conventional solar cells are just that: photovoltaic devices which, by their physics, extract and transform energy from the sun. Their sensitivity and efficiency are matched to the optical-energy ...