Wearable electronics could be perpetually powered by stretchy, self-mending materials that use body heat to generate electricity. Three carefully curated organic compounds have been combined to develop a prototype thermoelectric material that is both stretchy and self-healing, can generate its own electricity, and is robust enough to withstand the stresses and strains of daily life.

Adding one extra ingredient to the light-capturing layer of an emerging solar cell technology can significantly improve all aspects of its energy-harvesting performance, KAUST researchers have shown.

Some of the vast amount of wasted energy that machines and devices emit as heat could be recaptured using an inexpensive nanomaterial developed at KAUST. This thermoelectric nanomaterial could capture the heat lost by devices, ranging from mobile phones to vehicle engines, and turn it directly back into useful electricity.

Organic solar cells could soon rival traditional silicon-based photovoltaic technologies in terms of conversion efficiency. A team from the KAUST Solar Center has developed a computational approach that provides practical performance targets and useful rules to help design and develop material systems for optimal organic solar cells.

Inkjet printing is expected to fast track the commercialization of organic solar cells. Researchers from the KAUST Solar Center have exploited this technique to generate high-efficiency solar cells at large scales.

Postdoc Dr. Yuliar Firdaus's paper selected to be highlighted on Advanced Science News website

MIT Technology Review names KSC Assistant Prof. Derya Baran in its inaugural "Innovators Under 35 in the MENA region" for the technology behind her 'iyris' start-up.

Dounya Barrit was awarded the best presentation award at the conference in Dubai from 30-31 January.

KSC receive delegation from Kaneka Corp and GEC

The KAUST booth was well attended during the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) in Abu Dhabi and KSC was on hand to showcase our latest research.

Congratulations to Prof. Iain McCulloch who has been included on Clarivate's 2018 Highly Cited list in the fields of both of Chemistry and Materials Science.

Maha Alamoudi successfully defended her PhD dissertation

KSC delegates are presenting their findings in Boston from November 25-30.

The KSC runs industrially translational projects to commercialize research. Prof. Derya Baran and her team have developed a photovoltaic technology that allows any window to become a transparent solar panel, as featured in KAUST News.

Weiyuan Du successfully defended his PhD dissertation.

Dr. Michele De Bastiani won the in the Eni Young Researcher of the Year category for his research work on the stability of third generation solar cells.

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

Tantalum nitride as thin layers improve the extraction of electrons from silicon solar cells, as highlighted in KAUST Discovery.

Congratuations to KSC's Derya Baran, Joel Troughton, Nicola Gasparini and Daniel Bryant whose start-up, Iyris, won the TAQADAM Startup Accelerator Final Showcase.

Michele has been announced as the winner of the Young Researcher of the Year award. The award ceremony will take place at the Palazzo del Quirinale on October 22nd in the presence of the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella.