Organic solar cells have emerged as a promising solution for powering space missions due to their lightweight, flexible, and ...

Organic solar cells demonstrate potential advantages over silicon and gallium arsenide in space, withstanding proton ...

University of Michigan researchers study on radiation testing shows that solar cells from carbon-based materials.

Conventional silicon solar cells degrade rapidly in space, and gallium arsenide cells are heavy and inflexible. Research from ...

Radiation testing suggests that solar cells made from carbon-based materials could outperform conventional silicon for ...

Radiation testing suggests that solar cells made from carbon-based, or organic, materials could outperform conventional silicon and gallium arsenide for generating electricity in the final frontier, a ...

A recent study from the University of Michigan investigated the impact of proton radiation — a major threat in space — on ...