"It traps it." The team calls the system a "plasmonic cavity with subwavelength hole array" or PlaCSH. Photos of the surface of the PlaCSH solar cells demonstrate this light-absorbing effect: under ...

it depends on how you're using your PV system," Lysenko said. If you plan on using most of your solar energy to power your house, as opposed to sending it to storage, then you likely won't see as ...

The interactive diagrams that follow explore the past, present and future of this complex system. The first maps ... of energy — from crude oil to solar power — and their different uses.

While development of a space solar power beaming system will require a lot of work to get from today’s concepts to tomorrow’s demonstration mission, the technology holds tremendous returns for ...