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Carbon perovskite solar cells (C-PSCs) represent a promising photovoltaic (PV) technology that addresses the long-term operating stability needed to compete with commercial Si solar cells. However, the poor interface contacts between the carbon electrode a ...

2025

Solar photons beyond the band gap wavelengths: their effect on solution-processed solar cells

Michael Graetzel

A deep understanding of how solution-processed solar cells (SSCs) perform under varying temperatures and irradiance is crucial for their optimal design, synthesis, and use. However, current partial spectral characterization, primarily below the band gap wa ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2025

Towards Quantitative Terahertz Characterisation of Zinc Phosphide Thin Films for Photovoltaic Applications

Anna Fontcuberta i Morral, Jean-Baptiste Leran, Simon Robert Escobar Steinvall, Elias Zsolt Stutz, Rajrupa Paul, Mirjana Dimitrievska, Léa Buswell

The earth-abundant and non-toxic material Zinc phosphide (Zn3P2) is a promising candidate for solar cell applications. However, growth of defect-free, high-quality thin films on substrates that can integrate with current technology (e.g. silicon) remains c ...

IEEE Computer Society2024

Mobility Gaps of Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Related to Hydrogen Concentration and Its Influence on Electrical Performance

Nicolas Würsch, Jonathan Emanuel Thomet, Sylvain Dunand

This paper presents a comprehensive study of hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si)-based detectors, utilizing electrical characterization, Raman spectroscopy, photoemission, and inverse photoemission techniques. The unique properties of a-Si have sparked i ...

2024

Triarylamine Trisamide Interfacial Modulation for Perovskite Photovoltaics

Runzhong Zhang, Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Ghewa Alsabeh

Hybrid perovskites stand out as one of the leading materials in the new generation of photovoltaics. Their stability under operating conditions, however, remains an ongoing challenge. In particular, aging at the interface with the charge transport material ...

Wiley2024

Long-term performance and reliability of silicon heterojunction solar modules

Christophe Ballif, Alessandro Francesco Aldo Virtuani, Olatz Arriaga Arruti

The high-efficiency silicon heterojunction (SHJ) technology is now perceived mature enough to enter the Giga-Watt manufacturing scale with several players around the globe. The growth of the SHJ technology requires confidence from manufacturers, investors, ...

2023

22.8% full-area bifacial n-PERT solar cells with rear side sputtered poly-Si (n) passivating contact

Christophe Ballif, Sylvain Nicolay, Andrea Ingenito, Bertrand Yves Paul Paviet-Salomon, Sofia Libraro

High-temperature compatible passivating contacts based on phosphorus doped polysilicon (poly-Si(n)) on a thin silicon oxide, employed on the rear side of bifacial n-PERT like solar cells provide an efficiency increase while being compatible with current ph ...

ELSEVIER2023

Composition and Interface Engineering of High Performing Perovskite Solar Cells

Mousa Abdulla M E Abuhelaiqa

Perovskite solar cells have been established as a disruptive technology in the domain of photo-voltaics. Their facile, low-temperature processing and high-power conversion efficiency make them stand-out among other mature solar technologies. The performanc ...

EPFL2022

Screen-Printable Cu-Ag Core-Shell Nanoparticle Paste for Reduced Silver Usage in Solar Cells: Particle Design, Paste Formulation, and Process Optimization

Mengmeng Deng, Vivek Subramanian

Copper-silver (Cu-Ag) core-shell nanoparticles are promising for replacing the silver particles and flakes used in printed conductors in current solar cells since they deliver good conductivity, chemical stability, and optical performance, while also reduc ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2022

Corrosion testing of solar cells: Wear-out degradation behavior

Christophe Ballif, Alessandro Francesco Aldo Virtuani, Andrew Wayne Fairbrother, Luca Gnocchi

Corrosion is one of the main end-of-life degradation and failure modes in photovoltaic (PV) modules. However, it is a gradual process and can take many years to become a major risk factor because of the slow accumulation of water and acetic acid (from enca ...

ELSEVIER2022

The path towards 1 µm monocrystalline Zn3 P2 films on InP: substrate preparation, growth conditions and luminescence properties

Anna Fontcuberta i Morral, Jean-Baptiste Leran, Simon Robert Escobar Steinvall, Mahdi Zamani, Elias Zsolt Stutz, Rajrupa Paul, Mirjana Dimitrievska, Reza Zamani

Semiconductors made with earth abundant elements are promising as absorbers in future large-scale deployment of photovoltaic technology. This paper reports on the epitaxial synthesis of monocrystalline zinc phosphide (Zn_3 P_2) films with thicknesses up to ...

2021

An experimental and theoretical exploration of the role of tri-element metal-nonmetal nanohybrids in photovoltaics

Ulf Anders Hagfeldt

Inexpensive electrocatalysts with excellent catalytic activity as the counter electrodes (CEs) are crucial for the commercialization of solar cells. Herein, we report a unique rhombic dodecahedron framework of N-doped porous carbon loaded with 0.66 wt% Fe ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA2021

D-pi-A-Type Triazatruxene-Based Dopant-Free Hole Transporting Materials for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Hiroyuki Kanda, Sanghyun Paek, Kasparas Rakstys, Cristina Roldán Carmona, Hobeom Kim, Cansu Igci

Three donor-pi-bridge-acceptor (D-pi-A)-type organic small molecules coded CI-B1, CI-B2, and CI-B3 are designed, synthesized, and used as dopant-free hole transporting materials (HTMs) for perovskite solar cells (PSCs). The strong electron-donating triazat ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2020

Carbazole-Terminated Isomeric Hole-Transporting Materials for Perovskite Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Hiroyuki Kanda, Sanghyun Paek, Kasparas Rakstys

A set of novel hole-transporting materials (HTMs) based on pi-extension through carbazole units was designed and synthesized via a facile synthetic procedure. The impact of isomeric structural linking on their optical, thermal, electrophysical, and photovo ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2020

Electrochemically polymerized poly (3, 4-phenylenedioxythiophene) as efficient and transparent counter electrode for dye sensitized solar cells

Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Nikolaos Vlachopoulos, Lin Yang

A new conducting polymer poly (3, 4-phenylenedioxythiophene) is synthesized by the electrochemical polymerization technique with different solvents. We find that solvents used in electrochemical polymerization play important roles for the catalytic activit ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2019

Glass-free lightweight PV building elements: solutions to minimize weight and maximize durability

Ana Cristina Oliveira Martins

In densely populated countries, little free land is available for the deployment of photovoltaics (PV) in field installations. In addition, 40% of the world's demand for electricity is related to buildings. These facts provide a strong argument for the acc ...

EPFL2019

Retarding Thermal Degradation in Hybrid Perovskites by Ionic Liquid Additives

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei, Mounir Driss Mensi, Felix Daniel Bobbink, Cristina Roldán Carmona, Zhangjun Huang, Marius Franckevicius, Nikita Drigo

Recent years have witnessed considerable progress in the development of solar cells based on lead halide perovskite materials. However, their intrinsic instability remains a limitation. In this context, the interplay between the thermal degradation and the ...

2019

Review: Progress in solar cells from hydrogenated amorphous silicon

Christophe Ballif, Franz-Josef Haug, Michael Elias Stückelberger, Rémi Biron

Hydrogenated amorphous silicon (alpha-Si:H) has been used for decades doped and as intrinsic absorber layers in thin-film silicon solar cells. Whereas their effiency was improved for a long time by the deposition of higher quality absorber layers, recent i ...

Elsevier2017

Enhancing the optoelectronic properties of amorphous zinc tin oxide by subgap defect passivation: A theoretical and experimental demonstration

Christophe Ballif, Aïcha Hessler-Wyser, Quentin Thomas Jeangros, Monica Morales Masis, Jakub Holovsky, Oscar Esteban Rucavado Leandro, Federica Landucci

The link between sub-bandgap states and optoelectronic properties is investigated for amorphous zinc tin oxide (a-ZTO) thin films deposited by RF sputtering. a-ZTO samples were annealed up to 500 °C in oxidizing, neutral, and reducing atmospheres before ch ...

American Physical Society2017

Liquid phase crystallized silicon on glass: Technology, material quality and back contacted heterojunction solar cells

Jan Haschke

Liquid phase crystallization has emerged as a novel approach to grow large grained polycrystalline silicon films on glass with high electronic quality. In recent years a lot of effort was conducted by different groups to determine and optimize suitable int ...

Iop Publishing Ltd2016