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"...this research is carried out in federally supported interdisciplinary centers and laboratories, and it was RLE that came first, setting a standard and providing a model for all that followed at MIT and elsewhere."

—Charles M. Vest
Fifteenth President of MIT

Study: Even short-lived solar panels can be economically viable
Posted September 20, 2019 at 2:08 pm
Lattice Strain Causes Non-Radiative Losses in Halide Perovskites
Posted January 15, 2019 at 2:48 pm
Speed Limit for Triplet-Exciton Transfer in Solid-State PbS Nanocrystal-Sensitized Photon Upconversion
Posted August 3, 2017 at 8:30 am
Light can “heal” defects in some solar cells
Posted May 25, 2016 at 9:44 am
Solar cells as light as a soap bubble
Posted February 26, 2016 at 8:49 am
Illustration shows the MIT team’s proposed scheme for comparing different photovoltaic materials, based on the complexity of their basic molecular structure. The complexity increases from the simplest material, pure silicon (single atom, lower left), to the most complex material currently being studied for potential solar cells, quantum dots (molecular structure at top right). Materials shown in between include gallium aresenide, perovskite and dye-sensitized solar cells. Courtesy of the researchers
Analysis sees many promising pathways for solar photovoltaic power
Posted March 26, 2015 at 4:18 pm
Professor Vladimir Bulović discusses research that led to transparent solar cells, which can power an electronic book reader, as shown in video on television screen behind him. An MIT spinoff, Ubiquitous Energy, based in Redwood City, California, is commercializing the technology. Photo: Denis Paiste/Materials Processing Center
Making the leap from lab to market
Posted March 10, 2015 at 12:00 pm
Squitching behavior
Posted March 4, 2015 at 4:54 pm
Cheap, flexible solar
Posted March 2, 2015 at 11:00 am
Kateeva's YIELDjet system (pictured here) is a massive version of an inkjet printer. Large glass or plastic substrate sheets are placed on a long, wide platform. A head with custom nozzles moves back and forth, across the substrate, coating it with OLED and other materials. Courtesy of Kateeva
Tackling the “Achilles’ heel” of OLED displays
Posted February 12, 2015 at 9:00 am
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