New Coefficients of the Minority Carrier Lifetime and Bandgap Narrowing Models in the Transparent Emitter of Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells by A. Zerga, M. Benosman, F. Dujardin, B. Benyoucef, J-P. Charles

“…They show us the possibility of accurately evaluating the performances for the n+p silicon solar cell. This model is then used to introduce a new concept for the thin layer emitter, called transparent emitter.…”
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Effect of Deoxycholic Acid on the Performance of Liquid Electrolyte Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Using a Perylene Monoimide Derivative by Ganesh D. Sharma, Rajnish Kurchania, Richard J. Ball, Mahesh S. Roy, John A. Mikroyannidis

“…The effect of coadsorption with deoxycholic acid (DCA) on the performance of dye-sensitized solar cell based on perylene monoimide derivative (PCA) as sensitizer and liquid electrolyte had been investigated. …”
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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

“…The improved performance for hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon-germanium (μc-Si1−xGex:H, x~0.1) p-i-n single solar cells with hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon (μc-Si:H) field-enhancement layers (FELs) is demonstrated for the first time. …”
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Manipulation of MoSe2 Films on CuIn(Ga)Se2 Solar Cells during Rapid Thermal Process by Wei-Ting Lin, Shih-Hao Chan, Shao-Ze Tseng, Jhih-Jian He, Sheng-Hui Chen, Ruei-Fu Shih, Chien-Wei Tseng, Tomi T. Li, Sung-Cheng Hu, Wan-Xuan Peng, Yung-Tien Lu

“…The efficiency of CIGS solar cells could be increased from 1.43% to 4.62% due to improvement in the CIGS crystalline quality with increasing selenization pressure from 48 Pa to 1.02 × 103 Pa. …”
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Salutary impact of spontaneous oxidation in CH3NH3SnI3 on CZTS-based solar cell by Sonal Santosh Bagade, Piyush K. Patel

“…However, stabilization was not easy to achieve in CH3NH3SnI3-based solar cells. Because CH3NH3SnI3 was used as an absorber, its naturally-occurring self-doping property spontaneously modified band alignment, which increased carrier recombination and decreased the efficiency of solar cell gradually. …”
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Fabrication of Large-Grain Thick Polycrystalline Silicon Thin Films via Aluminum-Induced Crystallization for Application in Solar Cells by Hsiao-Yeh Chu, Min-Hang Weng, Chen Lin

“…The fabrication of large-grain 1.25 μm thick polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) films via two-stage aluminum-induced crystallization (AIC) for application in thin-film solar cells is reported. The induced 250 nm thick poly-Si film in the first stage is used as the seed layer for the crystallization of a 1 μm thick amorphous silicon (a-Si) film in the second stage. …”
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Enhancement of Electrical Parameter Extraction from Solar Cells Using a Hybrid Genetic Algorithm with the Levenberg-Marquardt Method by Herbazi Rachid, Amechnoue Khalid, Chahboun Adil

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Spectroscopic and Morphological Studies of Metal-Organic and Metal-Free Dyes onto Titania Films for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Gabriella Di Carlo, Daniela Caschera, Roberta G. Toro, Cristina Riccucci, Gabriel M. Ingo, Giuseppina Padeletti, Luisa De Marco, Giuseppe Gigli, Giovanna Pennesi, Gloria Zanotti, Anna M. Paoletti, Nicola Angelini

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Influence of Acid Modification Multiwall Carbon Nanotube Counter Electrodes on the Glass and Flexible Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Performance by Wasan Maiaugree, Samuk Pimanpang, Wirat Jarernboon, Vittaya Amornkitbamrung

“…Unmodified- and modified-carbon nanotubes were coated on the conductive glass and conductive plastic substrates by a slurry paste method, and they were used as the counter electrodes (CEs) of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Scanning electron microscopy reveals that carbon nanotubes are evenly deposited on the conductive glass. …”
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Recent insights into the transformative role of Graphene‐based/TiO2 electron transport layers for perovskite solar cells by T. Sewela, R. O. Ocaya, T. D. Malevu

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Effective Passivation of Large Area Black Silicon Solar Cells by SiO2/SiNx:H Stacks by Zengchao Zhao, Bingye Zhang, Ping Li, Wan Guo, Aimin Liu

“…The performance of black silicon solar cells with various passivation films was characterized. …”
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Simulation of Open Circuit Voltage Decay for Solar Cell Determination of the Base Minority Carrier Lifetime and the Back Surface Recombination Velocity by B. Affour, P. Mialhe

“…The Open Circuit Voltage Decay (OCVD) method for the determination of the base minority carrier lifetime (τ ) and the back surface recombination velocity (S) of silicon solar cells has been investigated at constant illumination level. …”
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Biotemplated Synthesis of Titanium Oxide Nanoparticles in the Presence of Root Extract of Kniphofia schemperi and Its Application for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells by Eneyew Tilahun Bekele, Enyew Amare Zereffa, Noto Susanto Gultom, Dong-Hau Kuo, Bedasa Abdisa Gonfa, Fedlu Kedir Sabir

“…Biosynthesized TiO2 NPs were used as photoanode in dye-sensitized solar cells (a device used for converting absorbed light into electricity). …”
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Metal-Free Counter Electrode for Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells through High Surface Area and Large Porous Carbon by Pavuluri Srinivasu, Surya Prakash Singh, Ashraful Islam, Liyuan Han

“…Highly efficient, large mesoporous carbon is fabricated as a metal-free counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells. The mesoporous carbon shows very high energy conversion efficiency of 7.1% compared with activated carbon. …”
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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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Electrophoretic Codeposition of MoOx/MoS2 Thin Film for Platinum-Free Counter Electrode in Quantum Dot Solar Cells by Thanh Tung Nguyen, Huy Phap Ngo, Van Thang Le, Le Thanh Nguyen Huynh, Viet Hai Le, Thai Hoang Nguyen, Hoang Long Ngo

“…The MoOx/MoS2 thin films were manufactured on conducting glass (FTO) from the ethanolic mixture of colloidal molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) and molybdenum oxides (MoOx) by electrophoretic deposition method and were used for counter electrode of quantum dot solar cells. Different ramp-rate conditions for electrophoretic deposition as well as bias potential were investigated in an attempt to get the highest possible electrocatalytic activity of polysulfide (S2-/Sn2-) redox couple. …”
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Effect of Codoping Cl Anion and 5-AVA Cation on Performance of Large-Area Perovskite Solar Cells with Double-Mesoporous Layers by Yaxian Pei, Xiaoping Zou, Yingxiang Guan, Gongqing Teng

“…For the perovskite solar cells (PSCs), the performance of the PSCs has become the focus of the research by improving the quality of the perovskite absorption layer. …”
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Wide-Gap p-μc-Si1-xOx:H Films and Their Application to Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells by Taweewat Krajangsang, Sorapong Inthisang, Aswin Hongsingthong, Amornrat Limmanee, Jaran Sritharathikhun, Kobsak Sriprapha

“…These results indicate that wide-gap p-μc-Si1-xOx:H is promising to use as window layer in a-Si:H solar cells.…”
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Investigation of Contact Properties and Device Performance for Bifacial Double-Side Textured Silicon Solar Cells With Polysilicon Based Passivating Contacts by Pradeep Padhamnath, John Derek D. Arcebal, Sagnik Dasgupta, Gabby De Luna, Ajeet Rohatgi, Armin G. Aberle

“…The reasons for differences in contact resistance and recombination are further investigated with SEM imaging. Solar cells with n-type polysilicon based passivating contacts on the rear side are fabricated and characterized. …”
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Scrutinizing the untapped potential of emerging ABSe3 (A = Ca, Ba; B = Zr, Hf) chalcogenide perovskites solar cells by Dhineshkumar Srinivasan, Aruna-Devi Rasu Chettiar, Eupsy Navis Vincent Mercy, Latha Marasamy

“…Thus, these significant outcomes highlight the potential of these absorbers for fabricating high-efficiency CP solar cells.…”
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