Charge-Carrier Transport in Thin Film Solar Cells: New Formulation by Jesús E. Velazquez-Perez, Yuri G. Gurevich

“…In conventional solar cells, recombination of photogenerated charge carriers plays a major limiting role in the cell efficiency. High quality thin-film solar cells may overcome this limit if the minority diffusion lengths become large as compared to the cell dimensions, but, strikingly, the conventional model fails to describe the cell electric behavior under these conditions. …”
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Perovskite Thin Film Solar Cells Based on Inorganic Hole Conducting Materials by Pan-Pan Zhang, Zheng-Ji Zhou, Dong-Xing Kou, Si-Xin Wu

“…Perovskite-based thin film solar cells have achieved a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of up to 20%. …”
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Review on Substrate and Molybdenum Back Contact in CIGS Thin Film Solar Cell by Kam Hoe Ong, Ramasamy Agileswari, Biancamaria Maniscalco, Panagiota Arnou, Chakrabarty Chandan Kumar, Jake W. Bowers, Marayati Bte Marsadek

“…In this paper, brief introduction on the production, efficiency, etc. of a-Si, CdTe, and CIGS thin film solar cells and c-Si solar cells are first reviewed, followed by the recent progress of substrates. …”
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Surface Photovoltage Spectroscopy and AFM Analysis of CIGSe Thin Film Solar Cells by Nima E. Gorji, Ugo Reggiani, Leonardo Sandrolini

“…The band gap, grain size, and topography of a Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGSe) thin film solar cell are analyzed using surface photovoltage spectroscopy (SPV) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) techniques. …”
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Simulation of Thin-Film Solar Cells with a CuInSe2 Chalcopyrite Structure by A. K. Esman, G. L. Zykov, V. A. Potachits, V. K. Kuleshov

Subjects: “…cuinse2 thin-film solar cell…”
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Progress in Thin Film Solar Cells Based on Cu2ZnSnS4 by Hongxia Wang

“…The research in thin film solar cells has been dominated by light absorber materials based on CdTe and Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS) in the last several decades. …”
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Growth and Properties of ZnO:Al on Textured Glass for Thin Film Solar Cells by Marta Lluscà, Aldrin Antony, Joan Bertomeu

“…Aluminium induced texturing (AIT) method has been used to texture glass substrates in order to enhance the photon absorption in thin film solar cells. The resultant glass roughness has been analyzed by varying the AIT process parameters and it has been found that the deposition method of Al is a decisive factor in tuning the texture. …”
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Nanopatterned Silicon Substrate Use in Heterojunction Thin Film Solar Cells Made by Magnetron Sputtering by Shao-Ze Tseng, Chang-Rong Lin, Hung-Sen Wei, Chia-Hua Chan, Sheng-Hui Chen

“…This paper describes a method for fabricating silicon heterojunction thin film solar cells with an ITO/p-type a-Si : H/n-type c-Si structure by radiofrequency magnetron sputtering. …”
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Highly Reflective Dielectric Back Reflector for Improved Efficiency of Tandem Thin-Film Solar Cells by Chog Barugkin, Ulrich W. Paetzold, Kylie R. Catchpole, Angelika Basch, Reinhard Carius

“…We report on the prototyping and development of a highly reflective dielectric back reflector for application in thin-film solar cells. The back reflector is fabricated by Snow Globe Coating (SGC), an innovative, simple, and cheap process to deposit a uniform layer of TiO2 particles which shows remarkably high reflectance over a broad spectrum (average reflectance of 99% from 500 nm to 1100 nm). …”
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Enhanced Light Trapping in Thin Film Solar Cells Using a Plasmonic Fishnet Structure by Sayan Seal, Vinay Budhraja, Liming Ji, Vasundara V. Varadan

“…Incorporating plasmonic structures into the back spacer layer of thin film solar cells (TFSCs) is an efficient way to improve their performance. …”
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Characterization of Nanocrystalline SiGe Thin Film Solar Cell with Double Graded-Dead Absorption Layer by Chao-Chun Wang, Dong-Sing Wuu, Shui-Yang Lien, Yang-Shih Lin, Chueh-Yang Liu, Chia-Hsum Hsu, Chia-Fu Chen

“…The films were used in a silicon-based thin film solar cell with graded-dead absorption layer. The characterization of the nc-SiGe films are analyzed by scanning electron microscopy, UV-visible spectroscopy, and Fourier transform infrared absorption spectroscopy. …”
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Characterization and Modeling of CdS/CdTe Heterojunction Thin-Film Solar Cell for High Efficiency Performance by Hamid Fardi, Fatima Buny

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Characteristics of Bilayer Molybdenum Films Deposited Using RF Sputtering for Back Contact of Thin Film Solar Cells by Sea-Fue Wang, Hsiao-Ching Yang, Chien-Fong Liu, Huy-Yun Y. Bor

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Profiling the Properties of SILAR Synthesized MnSe Films as Potential Material for Absorber Layer of Thin Film Solar Cells by Asielue O Kingsley, Opene J Nkechi, Okoli N Livinus

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Development of Combinatorial Pulsed Laser Deposition for Expedited Device Optimization in CdTe/CdS Thin-Film Solar Cells by Ali Kadhim, Paul Harrison, Jake Meeth, Alaa Al-Mebir, Guanggen Zeng, Judy Wu

“…A combinatorial pulsed laser deposition system was developed by integrating a computer controlled scanning sample stage in order to rapidly screen processing conditions relevant to CdTe/CdS thin-film solar cells. Using this system, the thickness of the CdTe absorber layer is varied across a single sample from 1.5 μm to 0.75 μm. …”
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High Improvement in Conversion Efficiency of μc-SiGe Thin-Film Solar Cells with Field-Enhancement Layers by Shu-Hung Yu, Wei Lin, Yu-Hung Chen, Chun-Yen Chang

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Development of Hydrogenated Microcrystalline Silicon-Germanium Alloys for Improving Long-Wavelength Absorption in Si-Based Thin-Film Solar Cells by Yen-Tang Huang, Hung-Jung Hsu, Shin-Wei Liang, Cheng-Hang Hsu, Chuang-Chuang Tsai

“…Hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon-germanium (μc-Si1-xGex:H) alloys were developed for application in Si-based thin-film solar cells. The effects of the germane concentration (RGeH4) and the hydrogen ratio (RH2) on the μc-Si1-xGex:H alloys and the corresponding single-junction thin-film solar cells were studied. …”
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Correlation of Interfacial Transportation Properties of CdS/CdTe Heterojunction and Performance of CdTe Polycrystalline Thin-Film Solar Cells by Guanggen Zeng, Jingquan Zhang, Wenwu Wang, Lianghuan Feng

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Effect of Annealing Temperature on CuInSe2/ZnS Thin-Film Solar Cells Fabricated by Using Electron Beam Evaporation by H. Abdullah, S. Habibi

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C-V Calculations in CdS/CdTe Thin Films Solar Cells with a CdSxTe1-x Interlayer by A. Gonzalez-Cisneros, F. L. Castillo-Alvarado, J. Ortiz-Lopez, G. Contreras-Puente

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