Physical and Chemical Approaches of Photovoltaic Parameters in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells to ZnO/ZnS:rGO-Based Photoelectrodes by Thiago Kurz Pedra, Ramon Dadalto Carvalho, Cristian Dias Fernandes, Luciano Timm Gularte, Carolina Ferreira de Matos Jauris, Eduardo Ceretta Moreira, Mateus Meneghetti Ferrer, Cristiane Wienke Raubach, Sérgio da Silva Cava, Pedro Lovato Gomes Jardim, Elson Longo, Mario Lucio Moreira

“…The J-V results showed that for smaller amounts of rGO, the dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) efficiency improved compared to the ZnO/ZnS single structure. …”
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Synthesis and Application of New Ruthenium Complexes Containing β-Diketonato Ligands as Sensitizers for Nanocrystalline TiO2 Solar Cells by Ashraful Islam, Surya Prakash Singh, Liyuan Han

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Heptamethine Cyanine Dye-Doped Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Electrodes for Improving Performance of HTL-Free Perovskite Solar Cells by Man-Ge Cai, Arina Watanabe, Zhenyu Xu, Yong-Chang Zhai, Achmad Syarif Hidayat, Naoki Ueoka, Miftakhul Huda, Kimitaka Higuchi, Esko I. Kauppinen, Kazumasa Funabiki, Yutaka Matsuo

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Effect of Varying Illumination and Temperature on Steady-State and Dynamic Parameters of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Using AC Impedance Modeling by Brijesh Tripathi, Pankaj Yadav, Manoj Kumar

“…The steady-state current-voltage curve and dynamic response of a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) is mathematically modeled based on electrical equivalent circuit. …”
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High‐Efficiency Flexible GaAs/InGaAs Dual‐Junction Solar Cells Fabricated by Metallic Nanoparticle‐Based Wafer Bonding by Yeongho Kim, Suho Park, Thuy Thi Nguyen, Jiyeon Jeon, Byong Sun Chun, Sang Jun Lee

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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

“…I-V measurements were used to measure the efficiency of the CuInSe2/ZnS solar cells. XRD results show that the crystallinity of the films improved as the temperature was increased. …”
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Layer-by-Layer CdS-Modified TiO2 Film Electrodes for Enhancing the Absorption and Energy Conversion Efficiency of Solar Cells by Ming Li, Yong Liu, Hai Wang, Wenxia Zhao, Hong Huang, Chaolun Liang, Youjun Deng, Hui Shen

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Au-Loaded Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Synthesized by Modified Sol-Gel/Impregnation Methods and Their Application to Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Hathaithip Ninsonti, Weerasak Chomkitichai, Akira Baba, Natda Wetchakun, Wiyong Kangwansupamonkon, Sukon Phanichphant, Kazunari Shinbo, Keizo Kato, Futao Kaneko

“…For the enhancement of DSSCs, the dye-sensitized solar cells composed of the ITO/Au-loaded TiO2/N-719/electrolyte/Pt were fabricated. …”
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Modelling and performance analysis of amorphous silicon solar cell using wide band gap nc‐Si:H window layer by Haris Mehmood, Tauseef Tauqeer

Subjects: “…single-junction thin-film hydrogenated amorphous silicon solar cell…”
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A Multi-Period Mathematical Model to Optimize Smart Home Energy Management with Scheduling of Appliances and Solar Cell Cost Calculation by Morteza Jafari Nikpey, Farid Momayezi

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Investigating the Performance of TIN-Based Perovskite Solar Cell with Zinc Selenide as an ETM and Graphene as an HTM Using SCAPS-1D by Ijeoma Ukorah, Adeyemi Owolabi, Haruna Ali, Muhammed Onimisi, RA Tafida, Awujoola J Olalekan, Hassan Muhammed Gambo, Sakinate L Usman, Akusu Christiana, Jessica M Ukwenya, Bankole J Akinade, RU Ugbe

“…The acceptor concentration improved the device performance significantly. The optimized solar cell achieved a PCE, Voc, Jsc, and FF of 25.40%, 0.959 V, 32.863 mA/cm2, and 80.60%, respectively. …”
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Achieving 32.9% efficiency in Pb-Based quantum dot solar cells via SCAPS-1D simulation optimization by Md Hasnain, Abdul Wahed, Joyonta Das, Bassim Arkook, Moussab Harb, Nasim Mia

Subjects: “…Pb-based quantum dot solar cells (QDSCs)…”
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Morphological Effect of CNT/TiO2 Nanocomposite Photoelectrodes Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell on Photovoltaic Performance with Various Annealing Temperatures by Mohd Zikri Razali, Huda Abdullah, Izamarlina Asaahari

“…This research focused on the fabrication of dye-sensitized solar cell based on a photoanode of carbon nanotube/titanium dioxide (CNT/TiO2) nanocomposite photoanode synthesized through acid-catalyzed sol-gel method. …”
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Coherent spin mixing at charge transfer states for spin polaron pair dissociation and energy loss in organic bulk heterojunction solar cells by Lixuan Kan, Fenggui Zhao, Jiashuo Zhang, Jiaji Hu, Yongchao Xie, Jing Li, Xixiang Zhu, Xiaoling Ma, Haomiao Yu, Jinpeng Li, Fujun Zhang, Kai Wang

“…Abstract Balancing the high photocurrent production and the nonradiative recombination suppression is of practical importance to design high-performance organic bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells. Most efforts in this field have been directed towards the understanding of the electronic charge and photogenerated exciton related optoelectronic and transient processes. …”
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Effect of Plasma, RF, and RIE Treatments on Properties of Double-Sided High Voltage Solar Cells with Vertically Aligned p-n Junctions by Mykola O. Semenenko, Mykhailo G. Dusheiko, Sergiy V. Mamykin, Valeriy O. Ganus, Mykhailo V. Kirichenko, Roman V. Zaitsev, Mykola M. Kharchenko, N. I. Klyui

“…Si-based solar cells with vertically aligned p-n junctions operating at high voltage were designed and fabricated. …”
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Efficient Inverted ITO-Free Organic Solar Cells Based on Transparent Silver Electrode with Aqueous Solution-Processed ZnO Interlayer by Zhizhe Wang, Dazheng Chen, Chunfu Zhang, Zhenhua Lin, Yan Liu, Genquan Han, Jingjing Chang, Jincheng Zhang, Lixin Guo, Yue Hao

“…Efficient inverted organic solar cells (OSCs) with the MoO3 (2 nm)/Ag (12 nm) transparent cathode and an aqueous solution ZnO electron extraction layer processed at low temperature are investigated in this work. …”
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Improving the Efficiency Enhancement of Photonic Crystal Based InGaN Solar Cell by Using a GaN Cap Layer by T. F. Gundogdu, M. Gökkavas, E. Ozbay

“…We studied a high indium content (0.8) InGaN based solar cell design where the active InGaN layer is sandwiched between a GaN cap layer and a GaN spacer layer. …”
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Wet-Chemical Surface Texturing of Sputter-Deposited ZnO:Al Films as Front Electrode for Thin-Film Silicon Solar Cells by Xia Yan, Selvaraj Venkataraj, Armin G. Aberle

“…Transparent conductive oxides (TCOs) play a major role as the front electrodes of thin-film silicon (Si) solar cells, as they can provide optical scattering and hence improved photon absorption inside the devices. …”
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Study of Electrical Transport Properties of Thin Films Used as HTL and as Active Layer in Organic Solar Cells, through Impedance Spectroscopy Measurements by Camilo A. Otalora, Andres F. Loaiza, Gerardo Gordillo

“…Impedance spectroscopy (IS) is used for studying the electrical transport properties of thin films used in organic solar cells with structure ITO/HTL/active layer/cathode, where PEDOT:PSS (poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrene sulfonic acid) and CuPC (tetrasulfonated copper-phthalocyanine) were investigated as HTL (hole transport layer) and P3HT:PCBM (poly-3-hexylthiophene:phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester) blends prepared from mesitylene and chlorobenzene based solutions were studied as active layer and Ag and Al were used as cathode. …”
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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

“…In CdS/CdTe solar cells, chemical interdiffusion at the interface gives rise to the formation of an interlayer of the ternary compound CdSxCdTe1-x. …”
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