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Heterojunction Si solar cells exhibit notable performance degradation. We developed the SolDeg platform to model this degradation as electronic defects getting generated by thermal activation across energy barriers over time. First,…
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Understanding the dynamics of phase boundaries in fluids requires quantitative knowledge about the microscale processes at the interface. We consider the sharp-interface motion of compressible two-component flow, and propose a heterogeneous…
Knowledge of the underlying mechanisms of multiphase flow dynamics in porous media is crucial for optimizing subsurface engineering applications like geological carbon sequestration. However, studying the micro-mechanisms of multiphase…
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Independent current extraction in multi-junction solar cells has gained attention in recent years because it can deliver higher annual energy yield and can work for more semiconductor material combinations than the more established…
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Bulk heterojunction (BHJ) organic solar cells have made remarkable inroads towards 20% efficiency, yet nonradiative recombination losses ({\Delta}Vnr) remain high compared to silicon and perovskite photovoltaics. Interfaces buried within…
The occurrence of extremely thin concentration boundary layers at fluid interfaces for high local P\'eclet numbers is a severe obstacle for efficient and accurate numerical simulation of mass transfer processes in two-phase fluid systems.…
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We assess the capabilities of hydrodynamic density functional theory (DFT) to predict mass transfer across vapor-liquid interfaces by studying the response of an initially equilibrated pure component vapor-liquid system to the localized…
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Energy dispersion and spin orientation of the protected states at interfaces between topological insulators (TIs) and non-topological materials depend on the charge redistribution, strain, and atomic displacement at the interface. Knowledge…