Combining traditional silicon with perovskite materials offers higher efficiency solar cells, but further innovation is needed to make them commercially viable.

Brain-like computing could be possible using electrical memory devices made from an unexpected material.

A superabsorbent film promises ecofriendly cooling solutions against heat stress and global warming.

The efficiency of tandem solar cells is boosted with improved optical design and a careful selection of the material that connects them together.

Multicomponent mixtures could provide organic solar cells that defy heat and achieve record efficiency.

The molecular structure of organic semiconductors is key to the outdoor stability of organic solar cells.

Metal-organic frameworks with designer windows show exceptional gas storage capability.

Cool heads clear a pathway for the development of a sustainable cooling technology.

An innovative device could pave the way for more convenient diabetes monitoring.

Computer memory systems that work change resistance rather than charge could greatly improve the performance of deep neural networks for machine learning.

Less hazardous and more sensitive and eco-friendly scintillating compounds could greatly improve X-ray imaging technologies.

A comparison of different solar-cell technologies shows that an organic material is better at staying cool than common silicon, and how a windy environment can help.

Pulses of light tune MXene's structure to improve energy storage and battery stability.

A proton-driven approach that enables multiple ferroelectric phase transitions sets the stage for ultralow power, high-capacity computer chips.

Using a two-dimensional material to electrically connect to high-power semiconductor transistors improves device performance.

High-strength but low-density mesh-like polymers with applications in adsorption are synthesized using a simple new method.

The first demonstration of a functional microchip integrating atomically thin two-dimensional materials with exotic properties heralds a new era of microelectronics.

An electronic sensor based on individual atoms anchored to MXene nanomaterials can detect tumor-specific biomarkers.

A microscale “memristor” with inkjet-printed electrodes offers an energy efficient and stable true random number generator for cryptography applications.

Salt-rejecting microchannels make it easier to turn seawater drinkable using the power of the sun.

The image of an object that is obscured when the light passes through a scattering material can be recovered in real time.

Ammonium-ion electrolytes could help create ecofriendly and sustainable alternatives to lithium-ion batteries, particularly for grid storage.

Screens fabricated from organic materials show promise for improved X-ray imaging for medical and security settings. 

Wirelessly powered large-area electronics could enable a cheaper and greener internet of things.

Rechargeable batteries to benefit from the development of lithium-loving foams.

Environmentally friendly renewable biosolvents could help clean up the manufacture of solar panels.

Compliant and conductive carbon nanomaterial could be the perfect fit for on-skin electronics.

Nanostructured surfaces enable lab-on-a-chip lung cancer diagnosis.

Precisely determining the energy levels of different solar materials leads to high performance devices.

Pulses from an atom-sharp tip enable researchers to break and form chemical bonds at will.

A simple reordering of the layers in solar-cell modules can help improve efficiency.

An extra metal fluoride layer facilitates charge separation and boosts performance in perovskite–silicon tandem solar cells.

Graphitic thin films hit high temperatures within seconds under low voltage.

Light causes small rapid distortions in solar cell material, affecting how charge carriers behave.

An interface-templated method enhances the crystallinity of large single-layer graphene sheets on insulating supports.

A novel device architecture makes organic electronics applicable to 5G telecommunications.

Tunable perovskite-based multilayered films provide long-term stability for high-performing solar cells.

Pulses of intense light could clean organic pollutants from wastewater.

Wearable device alerts users about muscle fatigue by monitoring pH levels of sweat. 

Transistor-based sensors offer hope for rapid diagnosis and treatment for COVID-19 and other infections.

Damage from adding electrical contacts to sensitive semiconductors can be mitigated using a buffer layer and optimized deposition.

Batteries made from earth-abundant metals show great potential for grid-scale energy storage.

A nano-scale memristor is shown to have superior stability for random number generation as an integral part of secure data transmission.  

Clever contacts enhance perovskite/silicon tandem solar-cell performance. 

A simple holistic solution plugs the performance-sapping defects that hamper new alternative solar materials.

A layer of hierarchically three-dimensional porous graphene greatly suppresses a problem holding back the development of lithium-sulfur batteries.

A single-molecule layer that helps to channel electrical charge into an electrode can outperform the best conventional material.

Mixed-cation single crystals narrow the gap between perovskite and top-performing semiconductor solar cells.

Nanoclusters with a copper-hydrogen core provide new structure-activity insights. 

Combining two light-absorbing materials and optimizing the flow of current improves the performance of solar cells.

Fluid injection of perovskite semiconductors creates microwires to build different optoelectronic devices on a single silicon chip.

An electrochemical method for stabilizing a reactive molecule can help the development of higher efficiency solar cells.

Soft, stretchy, slimline and strong electronics could accelerate the arrival of artificial skin.

Small molecules could hold the key to enhancing the efficiency of organic solar cells.

High-performance perovskite solar cells are made using a manufacturing-friendly liquid-based process suitable for roll to roll production.

A deeper understanding of efficiency-limiting processes provides design rules for organic solar cell materials.

Treating silicon with carbon dioxide gas in plasma processing brings simplicity and control to a key step for making solar cells.

Air-stable coatings can improve the longevity of wearable devices that tap into body heat.

Ultrathin charge-transport layers enable low-cost solar cells to avoid premature degradation from ultraviolet light.

Researchers develop a better understanding of how novel solar cells developed in the lab will operate under real conditions.

Imaging artifacts discovered in high-resolution electron microscopes may impact development of next-generation electronic devices.

Multilayered carbon material could be the perfect fit for heat management in electronic devices.

Surfaces featuring atomic-scale ledges and steps can act as reusable templates for producing nanoelectronic components.

Efficient yet exceptionally light organic solar cells created entirely by inkjet printing.

Atomically precise nanocluster may provide fresh direction for nanocatalysts. 

The successful partnering of perovskite and silicon solar cells leads to solar cells with higher efficiencies that can also be mass produced.

Scientists working in KAUST’s Core Lab facilities are continuing to push the boundaries of what the university’s major instruments can do.

Understanding the optimal process for fabricating coupled nanocrystal solids could help researchers to improve optoelectronics devices.

Solar cells based on single-crystal perovskite films hit a new efficiency record of 21.9 percent.

Device controlled solely by voltage paves the way for spintronics with ultralow power consumption.

A way to remotely charge batteries through flesh could help develop components for permanent implantable medical devices.

The flow of an electrical current can be imaged directly using magnetic bubbles.

Unconventional perovskites with an inverted structure see a leap in efficiency and longevity with an amine-based additive. 

A simple, cost-effective technique uses solution-based printing to make better ultrathin transistors.

Sensors that are worn on the skin could soon be powered by our own body heat.

Tungsten disulfide helps to channel charge in flexible photovoltaics.

A class of atomically thin 2D compounds, known as MXenes, have a unique combination of properties that are useful for electronic and sensing applications. 

Zirconium-doped transparent electrodes boost the power conversion efficiency of perovskite-based tandem solar cells.

A precise method for stacking semiconductor thin films enhances optoelectronic device performance using quantum effects.

Changes in composition are shown to affect light-harvesting layer crystallization and perovskite solar cell efficiency.

A three-component light-harvesting layer boosts performance in an organic solar cell.

Ruthenium oxide is used to integrate energy-storing microsupercapacitors and thin-film electronics at the transistor level.

Record-breaking, high-efficiency single crystals bring perovskite solar cells closer to market.

A low-temperature method for making high-performance thermoelectric materials could recapture lost energy.

Simulations unveil efficiency targets and design rules to maximize the conversion of light into electricity using organic solar cells.

Inkjet printing could produce high-efficiency organic solar cells with commercial potential.

Arranging nanowires in bent configurations may make them less likely to fail inside electronic devices.

Nanotech-powered electrodes help solve the challenges of using sweat to assess biological conditions in real time.

Small tweaks in component ratios generate electronically different layers from the same material to create transparent transistors.

For researchers seeking entrepreneurial opportunities, KAUST can provide the perfect springboard.

Printable solar materials could soon turn many parts of a house into solar panels.

Tantalum nitride as thin layers improves the extraction of electrons from silicon solar cells.

Nanoparticles with a shell structure improve the performance of zinc-oxide photodetectors.

Laser-scribed disordered graphene significantly improves sodium-ion battery capacity.

A metal carbide within a hydrogel composite senses, stretches and heals like human skin for use in medicine and robotics.

The interface between two tin-oxide semiconductors can exhibit unexpected metallic properties. 

Perovskite particles could improve the performance of solar cells and light-emitting diodes via a simple process to stabilize the nanocrystal surface.

Standalone power modules that harvest and convert vibrations from their surroundings into electricity could soon fuel future microsystems.

Spray coating and inkjet-based electronics manufacture are among the industrial applications in which liquid droplets are applied to a surface. But minuscule air bubbles that get trapped beneath the droplet as it lands can affect the coating’s quality and uniformity.

New method offers a means of efficient and high-throughput technique to study the structure of DNA.