An MIT-led team revealed a “guidebook” for how to tune surface properties of perovskites, a silicon alternative – here’s why that’s huge for solar. Perovskite solar cells, inspired by the mineral with ...

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say that residential solar panels, batteries, electric vehicles, heat pumps, and water heaters could all form part of a local ...

Thanks to a groundbreaking solar-powered desalination system developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers, more communities could soon have access to cheap, clean drinking water.

Home > Extreme MIT stacks solar panels like pancakes, increases their power output by up to 20x What's better than one pancake? A whole stack of pancakes! Using the same logic, a team of MIT ...

MIT researchers claim to have created a revolutionary solar-powered desalination system powered directly from sunlight without any auxiliary external power or batteries. The invention has 'adapted to ...

Solar energy has expanded rapidly in the past several years, but it will reach its limit without technological advances and policy changes, according to a new report. Photovoltaic solar power, which ...

Unlocking the mysteries of nanoscale technology paves the way for revolutionary advancements in next-generation solar cells. A breakthrough discovery highlights the dual benefits of the passivation ...

The expansion of clean energy in the United States is being hindered by complex bureaucratic processes and lengthy grid connection times. New technologies, such as portable solar factories and robotic ...

Forward-looking: A new chapter in materials science is unfolding at MIT, where researchers have developed a fully autonomous robotic system designed to accelerate the search for advanced ...