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A novel sol-gel route to c-axis orientated undoped and Co, Fe, Mn and V doped ZnO films is reported. Sols were prepared from a hydrated zinc acetate precursor and dimethyl formamide (DMF) solvent. Films were spin-coated on to hydrophilic…

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The hybrid metal-dielectric nanostructures (HMDN) are promising candidates to address the ohmic loss by conventional nanostructures in photovoltaic applications by strong confinement and high scattering directivity. In this study, we…

Spin coating technique was used to synthesize pure ZnO and Cu doped ZnO films on amorphous and conducting glass substrates. The doped amount of Cu in ZnO was varied up to 5% in atomic percentage. Speed of spin coating system, coating time,…

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Graded Al-doped ZnO layers, constituted by a mesoporous forest like system evolving into a compact transparent conductor, were synthesized by Pulsed Laser Deposition with different morphology to study the correlation with functional…

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We investigate the electronic structure and defect properties of Sn- and Ge- doped ZnTe by first-principles calculations within the DFT+$GW$ formalism. We find that $(\text{Sn}_\text{Zn})$ and $(\text{Ge}_\text{Zn})$ introduce isolated…

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The photovoltaic properties of carbon nanotube/Si heterojunction solar cells were investigated using network films of high quality single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) grown by atmospheric-pressure floating-catalyst chemical vapor…

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Great achievements in last five years, such as record-efficient amorphous/crystalline silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells and cutting-edge perovskite/SHJ tandem solar cells, place hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) at the…

In Si nanowire (SiNW) solar cells enhanced light confinement property in addition to decoupling of charge carrier collection and light absorption directions plays a significant role to resolve the draw backs of bulk Si solar cells. In this…

Solution-processed amorphous silicon is a promising material for semiconductor devices. Unfortunately, its manufacturing leaves a high density of defects in the layer, which can be reduced by a treatment with hydrogen radicals. Here, we…

Photovoltaic solar cell is one of the main renewable energy sources, and its power conversion efficiency (PCE) is improved by employing doping or heterojunction to reduce the photogenerated carrier recombination. Here, we propose a…

We show that the highly conductive polymer poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) can successfully be applied as a hole selective front contact in silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells. In combination with a…