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 ...

It might sound counterintuitive to put solar cells indoors, but there’s still plenty of light energy inside that’s largely going to waste. Now, a team of engineers is claiming to have created flexible ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Indoor light is an untapped source of energy for billions of small electronics. Devices like remote controls, keyboards, smoke ...

Perovskite solar cells have gained a lot of attention in research circles recently owing to significant and relatively fast leaps in its efficiency, but the toxic lead they contain is something ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new study from SFU's School of Sustainable Energy Engineering (SEE) proposes an innovative standardization framework to overcome long-standing inconsistencies in testing indoor solar ...

A minimalist molecular coating enables organic devices to generate power and detect light indoors, resolving a materials interface problem while improving efficiency, scalability, and cost. (Nanowerk ...

Solar cells that operate efficiently under indoor lighting are of great practical interest as they can serve as electric power sources for portable electronics and devices for wireless sensor networks ...