Corrosion Monitoring of Flexible Metallic Substrates for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Trystan Watson, Gavin Reynolds, David Wragg, Geraint Williams, David Worsley

“…Two techniques for monitoring corrosion within a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSC) system are presented, which enable continuous, high sensitivity, in situ measurement of electrolyte breakdown associated with DSCs fabricated on metals. …”
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MXene-based multilayered and ultrawideband absorber for solar cell and photovoltaic applications by Jusu M. Ngobeh, Vishal Sorathiya, Abdullah Alwabli, Amar Y. Jaffar, Osama S. Faragallah

“…This study can be applied to designing highly efficient parasitic solar absorber structures, which are essential to highly efficient photovoltaic and solar cell design.…”
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Experimental Analysis of the Potential Induced Degradation Effect on Organic Solar Cells by S. C. Akcaoğlu, G. Martinopoulos, C. Zafer

“…The scope of this paper is to analyze experimentally the potential induced degradation (PID) in organic solar cells. To that end, organic solar cells are manufactured and are then undergone a series of voltage-dependent degradation and time-dependent voltage degradation tests. …”
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Thin Film CIGS Solar Cells, Photovoltaic Modules, and the Problems of Modeling by Antonino Parisi, Luciano Curcio, Vincenzo Rocca, Salvatore Stivala, Alfonso C. Cino, Alessandro C. Busacca, Giovanni Cipriani, Diego La Cascia, Vincenzo Di Dio, Rosario Miceli, Giuseppe Ricco Galluzzo

“…Starting from the results regarding a nonvacuum technique to fabricate CIGS thin films for solar cells by means of single-step electrodeposition, we focus on the methodological problems of modeling at cell structure and photovoltaic module levels. …”
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Photocatalytic Oxidation of Triiodide in UVA-Exposed Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Matthew Carnie, Daniel Bryant, Trystan Watson, David Worsley

“…UVA irradiation of glass mounted dye-sensitized solar cells without UV filtration causes failure within 400 hours of light exposure. …”
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Molecular ferroelectric self-assembled interlayer for efficient perovskite solar cells by Chang Xu, Pengjie Hang, Chenxia Kan, Xiangwei Guo, Xianjiang Song, Chenran Xu, Guofeng You, Wei-Qiang Liao, Haiming Zhu, Dawei Wang, Qi Chen, Zijian Hong, Ren-Gen Xiong, Xuegong Yu, Lijian Zuo, Hongzheng Chen

“…Abstract The interfacial molecular dipole enhances the photovoltaic performance of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) by facilitating improved charge extraction. …”
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Numerical Design of Ultrathin Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon-Based Solar Cell by F. X. Abomo Abega, A. Teyou Ngoupo, J. M. B. Ndjaka

“…This work presents a contribution to improving the performance of a-Si-based solar cells.…”
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Design of a Highly Efficient Subwavelength Antireflective Structure for Solar Cells by Lin Chen, Zhao Huang

“…When placed on the front side of a simple Si thin-film photovoltaic solar cell, this subwavelength AR structure leads to an improved light absorption with simulated results showing an increase of 53% short-circuit current compared to a flat solar cell. …”
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Influence of Titania Dispersivity on the Conversion Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Yukihiro Aoyama, Sumiyo Shimizu, Junya Kano, Fumio Saito, Seigo Ito

“…Although the transparency was significantly different according to differences in the size of nanocrystallyne-TiO2 aggregates, the resulting photovoltaic (PV) effect of a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) was not significantly different between the different aggregate sizes. …”
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Solution-Processed Nanowire Coating for Light Management in Organic Solar Cells by K. Tsuboi, T. Fukawa, Y. Konosu, H. Matsumoto, A. Tanioka

“…We report a novel light management approach based on solution-processed nanowire (NW) coating for enhancing organic solar cell efficiency. A titanium dioxide (TiO2) NW dispersion was produced by electrospinning. …”
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Full Silicon Tandem Solar Cells Based on Vertically Aligned Nanostructures by Dmitry A. Kudryashov, Ivan A. Morozov, Alexander S. Gudovskikh

“…A three-dimensional computer simulation of flexible double-junction solar cells (SC) consisting of Si wires and p-i-n a-Si:H structures was carried out. …”
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Improved silicon solar cells by tuning angular response to solar trajectory by Martin A. Green, Zibo Zhou

“…Abstract Silicon solar cell costs are reducing dramatically with these cells now providing the majority of new electricity generation capacity worldwide. …”
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Silver Nanoparticles in PEDOT:PSS Layer for Polymer Solar Cell Application by Agnieszka Iwan, Bartosz Boharewicz, Igor Tazbir, Andrzej Sikora, Beata Zboromirska-Wnukiewicz

“…The solar cells were additionally measured with impedance spectroscopy.…”
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Erratum: A perspective on perovskite solar cells: emergence, progress, and commercialization by Frontiers Production Office

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Comment on “Dependence of Performance of Si Nanowire Solar Cells on Geometry of the Nanowires” by Joondong Kim

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

“…Solar cells rely on photogeneration of charge carriers in p-n junctions and their transport and subsequent recombination in the quasineutral regions. …”
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Surface Texturing with Hemispherical Cavities to Improve Efficiency in Silicon Solar Cells by D. W. de Lima Monteiro, F. P. Honorato, R. F. de Oliveira Costa, L. P. Salles

“…Improvement of solar-cell efficiency at a minimum possible cost addition is constantly sought, and this is often achieved at incremental percentage steps. …”
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The Compromise Condition for High Performance of the Single Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells by Youngseok Lee, Vinh Ai Dao, Sangho Kim, Sunbo Kim, Hyeongsik Park, Jaehyun Cho, Shihyun Ahn, Junsin Yi

“…It was found that with gas phase doping concentration and emitter layer thickness of 3% and 7 nm, solar cell efficiency in excess of 14.6% can be achieved. …”
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Ultrathin Anode Buffer Layer for Enhancing Performance of Polymer Solar Cells by Dun Wang, Jian Wang, Ling-liang Li, Qiao-shi An, Hui Huang, Chao-qun Jiao, Yang Liu, Fu-jun Zhang

“…A series of polymer solar cells (PSCs) based on poly[(4,8-bis-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′(dithiophene)-2,6-diyl-alt-(4-(2-ethylhexanoyl)-thieno[3,4-b]thiophene)-2,6-diyl] (PBDTTT-C) and [6,6]phenyl-C71-butyric acid methyl ester (PC71BM) were fabricated with various anode buffer layers. …”
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The Role of Physical Techniques on the Preparation of Photoanodes for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells by Shideh Ahmadi, Nilofar Asim, M. A. Alghoul, F. Y. Hammadi, Kasra Saeedfar, N. A. Ludin, Saleem H. Zaidi, K. Sopian

“…Dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have attracted numerous research, especially in the context of enhancing their efficiency and durability, due to the low-cost and environmentally friendly nature of photovoltaic (PV) technology. …”
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