Full Silicon Tandem Solar Cells Based on Vertically Aligned Nanostructures by Dmitry A. Kudryashov, Ivan A. Morozov, Alexander S. Gudovskikh

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Matching of Silicon Thin-Film Tandem Solar Cells for Maximum Power Output by C. Ulbrich, C. Zahren, A. Gerber, B. Blank, T. Merdzhanova, A. Gordijn, U. Rau

“…We present a meaningful characterization method for tandem solar cells. The experimental method allows for optimizing the output power instead of the current. …”
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Solution processable perovskite-hybrid heterojunction silicon 4T tandem solar cells by Mohammad Adil Afroz, Bhavna Sharma, Ruchi K. Sharma, Ritesh Kumar Gupta, Ankita Sengupta, Sanjay K. Srivastava, Soumitra Satapathi

“…These low cost tandem solar cells hold the potential for upscaling and commercialization.…”
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Low Cost Amorphous Silicon Intrinsic Layer for Thin-Film Tandem Solar Cells by Ching-In Wu, Shoou-Jinn Chang, Kin-Tak Lam, Shuguang Li, Sheng-Po Chang

“…Furthermore, it was found that we could significantly reduce the production cost of the a-Si/μc-Si tandem solar cells prepared on Gen 5 glass substrate by fine-tuning the process parameters.…”
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Addressing fabrication challenges in perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells with advanced simulation techniques by Raman Kumar, Prakash Kanjariya, A. Abu-Jrai, Nagaraj Patil, Mohd Shukri Ab Yajid, Jatinder Kaur, Rahul Singh, P. Vijaya Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar Shah, Mohammad Iqbal Khairandish

“…Abstract In the pursuit of higher conversion efficiency, the PV industry has turned its focus towards perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells, which currently represent the peak of innovation. …”
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Methylammonium-free, high-efficiency, and stable all-perovskite tandem solar cells enabled by multifunctional rubidium acetate by Xufeng Liao, Xuefei Jia, Weisheng Li, Xiting Lang, Jianhua Zhang, Xinyu Zhao, Yitong Ji, Qingguo Du, Chun-Hsiao Kuan, Zhiwei Ren, Wenchao Huang, Yang Bai, Kaicheng Zhang, Chuanxiao Xiao, Qianqian Lin, Yi-Bing Cheng, Jinhui Tong

“…Abstract All-perovskite tandem solar cells (APTSCs) offer the potential to surpass the Shockley-Queisser limit of single-junction solar cells at low cost. …”
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Ferromagnetic Nickel as a Sustainable Reducing Agent for Tin–Lead Mixed Perovskite in Single‐Junction and Tandem Solar Cells by Doyun Im, Passarut Boonmongkolras, Yeonghun Yun, Sung Woong Yang, Sunwoo Kim, Jungchul Yun, Rajendra Kumar Gunasekaran, You‐Hyun Seo, Nam Joong Jeon, Gill Sang Han, Sangwook Lee

Subjects: “…all‐perovskite tandem solar cells…”
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Low Temperature (180°C) Growth of Smooth Surface Germanium Epilayers on Silicon Substrates Using Electron Cyclotron Resonance Chemical Vapor Deposition by Teng-Hsiang Chang, Chiao Chang, Yen-Ho Chu, Chien-Chieh Lee, Jenq-Yang Chang, I-Chen Chen, Tomi T. Li

“…The thin-thickness and smooth surface of Ge epilayer grown on Si in this study is suitable to be a virtual substrate for developing the low cost and high efficiency III-V/Si tandem solar cells in our opinion. Furthermore, the low temperature process can not only decrease costs but can also reduce the restriction of high temperature processes on device manufacturing.…”
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Rationally designed universal passivator for high-performance single-junction and tandem perovskite solar cells by Zuolin Zhang, Yinsu Feng, Jike Ding, Quanxing Ma, Hong Zhang, Jiajia Zhang, Mengjia Li, Taoran Geng, Wenhuan Gao, Yang Wang, Boxue Zhang, Thierry Pauporté, Jian-Xin Tang, Hongjian Chen, Jiangzhao Chen, Cong Chen

“…Moreover, by suppressing carrier recombination, the large-area modules with an aperture area of 32.144 cm2 and perovskite/Si tandem solar cells coupled with VBETS passivation deliver a PCE of 21.00% and 30.98%, respectively. …”
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High Quality GaAs Epilayers Grown on Si Substrate Using 100 nm Ge Buffer Layer by Wei-Cheng Kuo, Hung-Chi Hsieh, Wu Chih-Hung, Huang Wen-Hsiang, Chien-Chieh Lee, Jenq-Yang Chang

“…Therefore, the high quality GaAs epilayers that grow on virtual substrate with 100 nm Ge buffer layers is suitable to develop the low cost and high efficiency III–V/Si tandem solar cells.…”
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Sublimed C60 for efficient and repeatable perovskite-based solar cells by Ahmed A. Said, Erkan Aydin, Esma Ugur, Zhaojian Xu, Caner Deger, Badri Vishal, Aleš Vlk, Pia Dally, Bumin K. Yildirim, Randi Azmi, Jiang Liu, Edward A. Jackson, Holly M. Johnson, Manting Gui, Henning Richter, Anil R. Pininti, Helen Bristow, Maxime Babics, Arsalan Razzaq, Suman Mandal, Thomas G. Allen, Thomas D. Anthopoulos, Martin Ledinský, Ilhan Yavuz, Barry P. Rand, Stefaan De Wolf

“…We verify the universality of this behavior on perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells by demonstrating their open-circuit voltages and fill factors to remain at 1950 mV and 81% respectively, over eight repeated processes using the same sublimed C60 source material. …”
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Hydrogenated Nanocrystalline Silicon Thin Films Prepared by Hot-Wire Method with Varied Process Pressure by V. S. Waman, A. M. Funde, M. M. Kamble, M. R. Pramod, R. R. Hawaldar, D. P. Amalnerkar, V. G. Sathe, S. W. Gosavi, S. R. Jadkar

“…The ease of depositing films with tunable band gap is useful for fabrication of tandem solar cells. A correlation between structural and optical properties has been found and discussed in detail.…”
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Investigation of the Performance of a Sb2S3-Based Solar Cell with a Hybrid Electron Transport Layer (h-ETL): A Simulation Approach Using SCAPS-1D Software by Pierre Gérard Darel Kond Ngue, Ariel Teyou Ngoupo, Aimé Magloire Ntouga Abena, François Xavier Abomo Abega, Jean-Marie Bienvenu Ndjaka

“…This study proposes an approach to optimize the Sb2S3 upper subcell for tandem solar cells.…”
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