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Spaces of Interface: Proximity in the Diffusion of Energy Innovations

Context. Technical and social innovations are central to the transition to renewable energy systems. Despite the availability of innovative technologies for renewable energy production, management, and e-mobility, their widespread societal adoption remains ...

EPFL2025

Meteorological Assessment of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Energy Microgeneration Potentials Across Two Swiss Cities Located in Complex Terrain

Gabriele Manoli, Aldo Brandi

Wind energy is the most mature renewable energy technology; however, its exploitation in cities is often met with skepticism. Thanks to their ability to operate at low wind speed regardless of direction, vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) offer an attract ...

Wiley2025

Improving the photo-stability of triple cation perovskite solar cells using chromophore-infused optically transparent Pectin/polymethyl methacrylate composite

Christophe Ballif, Aïcha Hessler-Wyser, Christian Michael Wolff, Mostafa Rabie Shlaly Bahr Othman

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) show great promise due to their high efficiency and low manufacturing costs, yet they encounter notable challenges such as optical losses and stability issues, mainly due to high surface reflection and degradation from UV irra ...

FUNDACIO DE LA COMUNITAT VALENCIANA SCITO2024

Upgrading Spiro-OMeTAD with β-Chloroethylcarbazole to Improve the Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Yuhang Liu, Haizhou Lu, Jialin Wang

Spiro-OMeTAD has served as a crucial hole transporting material (HTM) in the advancement of efficient perovskite solar cells (PSCs). However, the diminished thermal stability of lithium-doped Spiro-OMeTAD (Li-Spiro) has been a limiting factor, leading to a ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2024

Research data supporting "High carrier mobility along the [111] orientation in Cu2O photoelectrodes"

Michael Graetzel, Paul Joseph Dyson, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Jingshan Luo, Dan Ren, Linfeng Pan, Lu Chen, Meng Xia, Wenzhe Niu

Included in the dataset are detailed information into the crystallography, morphology, electronic properties, (photo)electrochemical and carrier dynamics of both single-crystal Cu2O thin films and polycrystalline Cu2O with favored crystal orientations. Mul ...

Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository2024

Novel Lightweight PV Modules Based on Polymeric Honeycomb for Building Integration

Christophe Ballif, Antonin Faes, Umang Bhupatrai Desai

A reliable and aesthetically pleasing lightweight (LW) photovoltaic (PV) module for building integration is expected to develop a growing interest in the consumer market. However, its application is still limited by old buildings that are not structurally ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.2024

Improving land-use efficiency of solar power in China and policy implications

Yuxin Yin

Improving the power output of solar photovoltaic (PV) farms is critical to maximize the potential of PV power and reduce extensive land use in the context of large-scale deployment of renewable energy. In this paper we developed an integrated solar power p ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2024

Influence of Microsecond Pulse Helium Plasma Flow on the Surface Morphology and Crystal Structure of the Photovoltaic Converters Based on CdS/CdTe

Jean-François Carlin

The influence of pulsed helium plasma irradiation, with a 10 μs duration and a surface energy load of 0.2 MJ m – 2, on the elemental and phase composition, surface morphology and crystal structure of thin-film heterosystems based on CdS/CdTe was studied. T ...

2024

Crack-Free Monolayer Graphene Interlayer for Improving Perovskite Crystallinity and Energy Level Alignment in Efficient Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Kumar Varoon Agrawal, Hiroyuki Kanda, Shiqi Huang, Yen-Cheng Liu

Inverted planar perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have intrigued great promise in negative hysteresis, simple fabrication process, and flexible substrate implementation, in which the shared hole transport materiel is NiOx. However, the low-temperature solution ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2022

Interface modification to achieve high-efficiency and stable perovskite solar cells

Yuhang Liu, Linfeng Pan, Hongwei Zhu, Zhongjin Shen

The organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells (PSCs) achieve relatively high power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) over the past few years. However, defects on the surface and at the grain boundaries of the perovskite active layers are critical factor ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA2022

Effects of Work Function and Electron Affinity on the Performance of Carrier-Selective Contacts in Silicon Solar Cells Using ZnSnx Ge-1 (-) N-x(2) as a Case Study

Christophe Ballif, Mathieu Gérard Boccard, Jonathan Emanuel Thomet, Luca Massimiliano Antognini, Julie Amandine Dreon, Vincent Philippe Paratte, Julien Hurni

This work reports the electrical characterization of ZnSnx Ge1 - xN2 (ZTGN) layers (10% < x < 90%) deposited on glass by combinatorial sputtering and further assesses the performance of silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells featuring them as electron-se ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2021

Thermodynamic stability screening of IR-photonic processed multication halide perovskite thin films

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Pascal Alexander Schouwink, Brian Irving Carlsen, Sandy Sanchez Alonso, Natalie Flores Diaz

We report a material screening study for phase transitions of multication hybrid halide perovskite films. Two hundred sixty-six films processed with flash infrared annealing were optically and structurally characterized. This data was compiled into a datab ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2021

Ti-1-graphene single-atom material for improved energy level alignment in perovskite solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Zaiwei Wang, Hongwei Zhu

Carbon-based perovskite solar cells (C-PSCs) are widely accepted as stable, cost-effective photovoltaics. However, C-PSCs have been suffering from relatively low power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) due to severe electrode-related energy loss. Herein, we r ...

2021

Nanoindentation Reveals Crosslinking Behavior of Solar Encapsulants-The Methodological Advantages over Bulk Methods

Andreas Schueler

The power degradation and failure of photovoltaic (PV) modules can be caused by changes in the mechanical properties of the polymeric components during the module lifetime. This paper introduces instrumented nanoindentation as a method to investigate the m ...

2021

Hybrid perovskites for photovoltaics and optoelectronics

Michael Graetzel

IOP PUBLISHING LTD2020

Dimensionally Engineered Perovskite Heterostructure for Photovoltaic and Optoelectronic Applications

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Sanghyun Paek, Kyung Taek Cho, Yonghui Lee

Although 2D|3D has shown potential for application in multifunctional devices, the principle of operation for multifunction devices (SOLAR Cell-LED: SOLED) has not yet been revealed. However, most studies have reported that the devices have only one auspic ...

2019

III-V nanowires on si for applications in photonics

Anna Fontcuberta i Morral

Nanowires are filamentary crystals with a tailored diameter ranging from few to ~100 nm. We demonstrate their integration on silicon and show how they enable/improve applications in the areas of lasing, photodetection and solar cells. ...

Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)2018

3D model discretization in assessing urban solar potential: the effect of grid spacing on predicted solar irradiation

Marilyne Andersen, Emmanuel Rey, Giuseppe Peronato

The increasing interest in solar energy production in urban areas requires an accurate simulation of solar irradiation on building surfaces, including vertical surfaces. However, solar potential analyses are usually conducted on 2.5D models, which are limi ...

2018

Hole transporting and light absorbing material for solid state solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Peng Qin

The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I) based on compound derived from Acceptor-Donor-Acceptor (A-D-A) oligothiophenes based on heteroacene core and used as hole transporting material in a photovoltaic device, in particular in a solid st ...

2016

Editorial to the Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaics (SiliconPV 2016)

Christophe Ballif

Elsevier2016