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One of the key challenges for future development of efficient and stable metal halide perovskite solar cells is related to the migration of ions in these materials. Mobile ions have been linked to the observation of hysteresis in the…
Ion and metal diffusion in metal halide perovskites, charge-transporting layers, and electrodes are detrimental to the performance and stability of perovskite-based photovoltaic devices. As a result, there is an intense research interest in…
In this article, we investigate the effect of prolonged light exposure on silicon heterojunction solar cells. We show that, although light exposure systematicallyimproves solar cell efficiency in the case of devices using intrinsic and…
Many recent advances in metal halide perovskite solar cell (PSC) performance are attributed to surface treatments which passivate interfacial trap states, minimise charge recombination and boost photovoltages. Surprisingly, these…
Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) and other van der Waals (vdW) semiconductors enable transfer-printed, lattice-mismatch-free stacking of many photovoltaic junctions, motivating a re-examination of multijunction detailed-balance…
Metal halide perovskite solar cells (MHPSCs) hold great promise related to their high efficiency and low fabrication costs, but their long-term stability under environmental conditions remains a major challenge. In this study, we…
Thin films of pure and self-deficient calcium titanites i.e., CaTiO$_3$, Ca$_{1-\alpha}$TiO$_3$, CaTi$_{1-\beta}$O$_3$ and CaTiO$_{3-\gamma}$ have been deposited on ITO substrate using dip coating method. X-ray diffraction and Scanning…
Push-Pull functional compounds consisting of dicyanorhodanine derivatives have attracted a lot of interest because their optical, electronic, and charge transport properties make them useful as building blocks for organic photovoltaic…
Synthetic perovskites with photovoltaic properties open a new era in solar photovoltaics. Due to high optical absorption perovskite-based thin-film solar cells are usually considered as fully absorbing solar radiation on condition of ideal…
Organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites are considered to be most promising photovoltaic materials. Highest efficiencies of perovskite solar cells have been achieved by using appropriate cation and anion mixtures. Mixed perovskite solar cells…
Melanin is a biopolymer with unique set of applicable physical and chemical properties. The impact of a moisture-saturated air pulse (~1 s) on dynamic current-voltage (I-V-), charge-voltage (Q-V-) and transient (I-t-) characteristics of…
We fabricate photo-anodes by transferring anodic TiO2 nanotube membranes in tube-top-down configuration on FTO glass, and use them for constructing frontside illuminated dye-sensitized solar cells. Prior to solar cell construction, the…
This paper reports on the investigation of the electronic properties of a thin film CdS/CdTe solar cell with the Ion Beam Induced Charge (IBIC) technique. The device under test is a thin film (total thickness around 10 um) multilayer…
Electrodeposited thin film cells have been fabricated with record-breaking efficiencies of 11.4%. This presentation examines conversion mechanisms in cells with a focus on the effect of CdS buffer layers using a range of complementary…
The steady state photoconductivity as a function of temperature and light intensity was measured on plasma deposited highly crystalline undoped hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon films possessing different thicknesses and…
Thin film solar cells have been attractive for decades in advanced green technology platforms due to its possibilities to be integrated with buildings and on-chip applications. However, the bottleneck issues involved to consider the current…
Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) have recently attracted attention due to their superlative optical and electronic properties. In particular, their extraordinary optical absorption and semiconducting band gap have…
Recently, significant progress in the development of III-V/Si dual-junction solar cells has been achieved. This not only boosts the efficiency of Si-based photovoltaic solar cells, but also offers the possibility of highly efficient green…
Herein, we report on the synthesis and investigation of two triazino-isoquinoline tetrafluoroborate electrolytes as hole-blocking layers in methylammonium triiodide perovskite photovoltaic devices with fullerene electron extraction layer.…
Hybrid organic-inorganic halide perovskites have emerged as a disruptive new class of materials, exhibiting optimum properties for a broad range of optoelectronic applications, most notably for photovoltaics. The first report of highly…