NASA's plan to establish a permanent human presence on the moon will require making better use of lunar resources. A new approach has now shown how to make solar cells out of moon dust. Later this ...

By protecting the surface during heating, the team reduced the chance that tiny flaws would grow into long-term failures.

Vision of future solar cell fabrication on the Moon, utilizing raw regolith. Shown are robots that source raw regolith and bring it to a production facility, which fabricates perovskite-based moon ...

UNSW engineers have made a major step forward in the development of a new type of solar cell that could help make future ...

Perovskite solar cells have long been the most exciting “almost there” technology in clean ...

Learn how solar panels generate electricity with this step-by-step guide explaining photovoltaic cells, energy conversion, ...

What if the next leap in renewable energy doesn't come from sleek silicon panels but from microscopic life forms? Scientists are exploring the potential of living solar panels—a revolutionary ...

A future Moon base is closer to reality than ever before. With missions like Artemis 3 planned for 2026 and a lunar outpost on the horizon, one challenge stands in the way: energy. Getting enough ...