solar cells

All-inorganic 0D/3D Cs4Pb(IBr)6/CsPbI3-xBrx Mixed-dimensional Perovskite Solar Cells with Enhanced Efficiency and Stability

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC01832E, Paper
Zhenzhen Li, Xiaolong Liu, Jia Xu, Shujie Yang, Hang Zhao, Hui Huang, Shengzhong Liu, Jianxi Yao
The inorganic halide perovskite CsPbI3 has shown great promise in efficient solar cells. However, the α-phase CsPbI3 is thermodynamically unstable at room temperature, limiting its applications. Herein, we have successfully...
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Highly-improved performance of inverted planar perovskite solar cells by glucose modification

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8,5894-5903
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC00365D, Paper
Yunxin Zhang, Siqi Chen, Hao Chen, Guodong Zhang, Min Zhao, Chengjie Zhao, Wenfei Guo, Wenjie Ji, Zhiqiang Shi, Tonggang Jiu
Glucose is introduced for the preparation of high-quality MAPbI3 perovskite film, boosting the device efficiency to 20.15% with suppressed hysteresis.
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Small-molecular iridium complex based organic solar cells with improved photovoltaic performance through device optimization

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8,5761-5768
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC00779J, Paper
Tianjian Yang, Xuyu Gao, Yinming He, Huabin Wang, Youtian Tao
An optimized device with a PDCBT/TBzIr:PC71BM structure was fabricated to increase the power conversion efficiencies of iridium complex-based organic solar cells from 3.91% to 6.17%.
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Regulating Active Layer Thickness and Morphology for High Performance Hot-casted Polymer Solar Cells

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC00822B, Paper
Ritesh Kant Gupta, Rabindranath Garai, Mohammad Adil Afroz, Parameswar K Iyer
Thicker films of active layer (Polymer: PCBM blend) are required to harness maximum amount of sunlight and to achieve higher efficiencies in polymer solar cells. However, realization of thicker films...
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[ASAP] 2D–3D Cs<sub>2</sub>PbI<sub>2</sub>Cl<sub>2</sub>–CsPbI<sub>2.5</sub>Br<sub>0.5</sub> Mixed-Dimensional Films for All-Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells with Enhanced Efficiency and Stabilit

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01134




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On the absence of triplet exciton loss pathways in non-fullerene acceptor based organic solar cells

Mater. Horiz., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0MH00286K, Communication
Maria S. Kotova, Giacomo Londi, Johannes Junker, Stefanie Dietz, Alberto Privitera, Kristofer Tvingstedt, David Beljonne, Andreas Sperlich, Vladimir Dyakonov
Recombination to donor and acceptor triplet states should be energetically favourable. However, this recombination channel is not observed in operational devices.
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[ASAP] Thienyl Sidechain Substitution and Backbone Fluorination of Benzodithiophene-Based Donor Polymers Concertedly Minimize Carrier Losses in ITIC-Based Organic Solar Cells

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c03282




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Highly dispersed redox-active polyoxometalates’ periodic deposition on multi-walled carbon nanotubes for boosting electrocatalytic triiodide reduction in dye-sensitized solar cells

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2020, 7,1676-1684
DOI: 10.1039/C9QI01486A, Research Article
Ting Wang, Ming Xu, Xiaohong Li, Chunlei Wang, Weilin Chen
Highly dispersed POM nanoparticles as functional components have been deposited on CNTs to produce periodic functionalized CNTs. The obtained Co4PW9/CNTs CE exhibits the best photovoltaic performance with a PCE of 7.60%, higher than both pure CNTs and Pt CE.
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Science Podcast - Canine origins, asexual bacterial adaptation, perovskite-based solar cells, and more (15 Nov 2013)

The origin of dog domestication in Europe with Robert Wayne; Richard Lenski tracks the adaptation of bacteria over 50,000 generations; Robert Services describes the prospects of a new contender in solar technology.




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Brickmaking bacteria and solar cells that turn ‘waste’ heat into electricity

On this week’s show, Staff Writer Robert F. Service talks with host Sarah Crespi about manipulating microbes to make them produce building materials like bricks—and walls that can take toxins out of the air. Sarah also talks with Paul Davids, principal member of the technical staff in applied photonics & microsystems at Sandia National Laboratories, about an innovation in converting waste heat to electricity that uses similar materials to solar cells but depends on quantum tunneling. And in a bonus segment, producer Meagan Cantwell talks with Online News Editor David Grimm on stage at the AAAS annual meeting in Seattle. They discuss how wildfires can harm your lungs, crime rates in so-called sanctuary states, and how factors such as your gender and country of origin influence how much trust you put in science. This week’s episode was edited by Podigy. Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast Download a transcript (PDF).




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Theoretical study of D–A'–π–A/D–π–A'–π–A triphenylamine and quinoline derivatives as sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells

RSC Adv., 2020, 10,17255-17265
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA01040E, Paper
Open Access
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Ying Zhang, Ji Cheng, Wang Deng, Bin Sun, Zhixin Liu, Lei Yan, Xueye Wang, Baomin Xu, Xingzhu Wang
We have designed four dyes based on D–A'–π–A/D–π–A'–π–A triphenylamine and quinoline derivatives for DSSCs and studied their optoelectronic properties as well as the effects of the introduction of alkoxy groups and thiophene group on the properties.
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Dual-site mixed layer-structured FAxCs3−xSb2I6Cl3 Pb-free metal halide perovskite solar cells

RSC Adv., 2020, 10,17724-17730
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA00787K, Paper
Open Access
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Yong Kyu Choi, Jin Hyuck Heo, Ki-Ha Hong, Sang Hyuk Im
Dual site mixing of FAxCs3−xSb2I6Cl3 forms stable 2D layer structure.
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Correction: Role of polysilicon in poly-Si/SiOx passivating contacts for high-efficiency silicon solar cells

RSC Adv., 2020, 10,17571-17571
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA90049D, Correction
Open Access
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HyunJung Park, Soohyun Bae, Se Jin Park, Ji Yeon Hyun, Chang Hyun Lee, Dongjin Choi, Dongkyun Kang, Hyebin Han, Yoonmook Kang, Hae-Seok Lee, Donghwan Kim
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Carbazole-based green and blue-BODIPY dyads and triads as donors for bulk heterojunction organic solar cells

Dalton Trans., 2020, 49,5606-5617
DOI: 10.1039/D0DT00637H, Paper
Jian Yang, Charles H. Devillers, Paul Fleurat-Lessard, Hao Jiang, Shifa Wang, Claude P. Gros, Gaurav Gupta, Ganesh D. Sharma, Haijun Xu
Two BODIPY derivatives with one (B2) and two (B3) carbazole moieties were synthesized and applied as electron-donor materials in organic photovoltaic cells (OPV), showing an overall PCE of 6.41% and 7.47%, respectively.
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Band-bending induced passivation: high performance and stable perovskite solar cells using a perhydropoly(silazane) precursor

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, 13,1222-1230
DOI: 10.1039/C9EE02028D, Paper
Hiroyuki Kanda, Naoyuki Shibayama, Aron Joel Huckaba, Yonghui Lee, Sanghyun Paek, Nadja Klipfel, Cristina Roldán-Carmona, Valentin Ianis Emmanuel Queloz, Giulia Grancini, Yi Zhang, Mousa Abuhelaiqa, Kyung Taek Cho, Mo Li, Mounir Driss Mensi, Sachin Kinge, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin
It could successfully control the band-bending of the perovskite semiconductor, which led to improvement of the photovoltaic performance.
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Ultrafast laser-annealing of perovskite films for efficient perovskite solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, 13,1187-1196
DOI: 10.1039/C9EE02324K, Communication
Peng You, Guijun Li, Guanqi Tang, Jiupeng Cao, Feng Yan
Ultrafast laser-annealing technique for the fabrication of large-grain perovskite films and efficient perovskite solar cells at room temperature.
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Device physics of back-contact perovskite solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9EE04203B, Paper
Zhenhai Yang, Weichuang Yang, Xi Yang, J. C. Greer, Jiang Sheng, Baojie Yan, Jichun Ye
A fundamental theory including photoelectric response, ion migration and photon recycling effects for back-contact perovskite solar cells is established.
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A Review: Crystal Growth for High-Performance All-inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE00215A, Review Article
Weijie Chen, Xinqi Li, Yaowen Li, Yongfang Li
Recently, halide perovskites have become one of the most promising materials for solar cells owing to their outstanding photoelectric performance. Among them, metal halide all-inorganic perovskites (CsPbX3; where X denotes...
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Applications of atomic layer deposition and chemical vapor deposition for perovskite solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE00385A, Review Article
James Andrew Raiford, Solomon T. Oyakhire, Stacey Bent
Metal halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have rapidly evolved over the past decade to become a photovoltaic technology on the cusp of commercialization. In the process, numerous fabrication strategies have...
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[ASAP] Dealing with Climate Parameters in the Fabrication of Perovskite Solar Cells under Ambient Conditions

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c01481




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[ASAP] Boosted Reactivity of Low-Cost Solar Cells over a CuO/Co<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> Interfacial Structure Integrated with Graphene Oxide

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c00282




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Copper gallium diselenide solar cells




solar cells

Characterization of large area cadmium telluride films and solar cells deposited on moving substrates by close spaced sublimation




solar cells

Characterization of cadmium zinc telluride solar cells




solar cells

Development of cadmium selenide as an absorber layer for tandem solar cells




solar cells

Indium oxide as a high resistivity buffer layer for CdTe/CdS thin film solar cells




solar cells

Characterization of cadmium zinc telluride films and solar cells on glass and flexible substrates by rf sputtering




solar cells

Study Of Cu free back contacts to thin film CdTe solar cells




solar cells

Processing and characterization of CIGS - based solar cells




solar cells

Vapor CdCl₂ processing of CdTe solar cells




solar cells

Cadmium zinc telluride solar cells by close spaced sublimation




solar cells

Characterization of cadmium zinc telluride solar cells by RF sputtering




solar cells

Optimization of the two stage process for Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ solar cells




solar cells

Cds/cdte thin film solar cells with zinc stannate buffer layer




solar cells

Stability studies of cdte solar cells with varying amounts of cu in the back contact




solar cells

High resistivity zinc stannate as a buffer layer in cds/cdte solar cells




solar cells

Molybdenum as a back contact for cucl treated cds/cdte solar cells




solar cells

Effect of sno2 roughness and cds thickness on the performance of cds/cdte solar cells




solar cells

Stability studies of CdTe/CdS thin film solar cells




solar cells

Effect of heat treatments and reduced absorber layer thickness on cu(in,ga)se2 thin film solar cells




solar cells

Resonance ultrasonic vibrations (RUV) for crack detection in silicon wafers for solar cells




solar cells

Growth and characterization of ZnO for the front contact of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells using reactive sputtering techniques




solar cells

Impurity and back contact effects on CdTe/CdS thin film solar cells




solar cells

Resonance ultrasonic vibrations and photoluminescence mapping for crack detection in crystalline silicon wafers and solar cells




solar cells

Copper doped window layer for CdSe solar cells




solar cells

Development of CdTe thin film solar cells on flexible foil substrates




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[ASAP] Improving Active Layer Morphology of All-Polymer Solar Cells by Solution Temperature

Macromolecules
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00633




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Solar cells: from materials to device technology / S.K. Sharma, Khuram Ali, editors

Online Resource




solar cells

Perovskite progress pushes tandem solar cells closer to market

Rapid improvements in the stability and efficiency of perovskite-silicon tandem cells are raising commercial hopes




solar cells

Boosting the efficiency of solution-based CZTSSe solar cells by using supercritical carbon dioxide treatment

Green Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC01355B, Paper
Hai-Qin Xiao, Wen-Hui Zhou, Dongxing Kou, Zheng-Ji Zhou, Yue-Na Meng, Yafang Qi, Shengjie Yuan, Qingwen Tian, Si-Xin Wu
Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 (CZTSSe) solar cells are receiving considerable attention in recent years, owing to the low cost and toxicity as well as high abundance of their constituent elements. Solution-based (mainly precursor...
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