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PV for what? A PV self-sufficiency analysis of electric vehicles, heat pumps, and home storage

Consumers are key actors for the energy transition since they adopt technologies which impact the instantaneous balance between electricity supply and demand. Photovoltaic (PV) solar panels adopters are interested in achieving energy self-sufficiency throu ...

2025

Regulation intensity assessment of pumped storage units in daily scheduling for renewable energy consumption

Shuhang Zhang

To flexibly consume variable renewable energy (VRE), the pumped storage units are facing severe issues induced by regulation duties (e.g., tear, fatigue, vibrations, etc.). This work aims to assess the regulation intensity of the pumped storage unit (RIPSU ...

2023

Thiophene-fused carbazole derivative dyes for high-performance dye-sensitized solar cells

Ulf Anders Hagfeldt

Two novel dyes that are similar in chemical structure, except for different donor units, AJ301and AJ303 were synthesized, characterized and applied as sensitizers in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Both dyes exhibited a wide absorption of visible sunli ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2021

Palliating the efficiency loss due to shunting in perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells through modifying the resistive properties of the recombination junction

Christophe Ballif, Sylvain Nicolay, Gabriel Christmann, Mathieu Gérard Boccard

As the efficiency of commercial crystalline silicon solar cells approaches its maximum theoretical value, tandem architectures are becoming increasingly popular to continue the push to higher photovoltaic performances. Thin-film materials are particularly ...

2021

Crown Ether Modulation Enables over 23% Efficient Formamidinium-Based Perovskite Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Mounir Driss Mensi, Ursula Röthlisberger, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Jun Ho Yum, Kevin Sivula, Marko Mladenovic, David Lyndon Emsley, Farzaneh Jahanbakhshi, Jovana Milic, Dan Ren, Aditya Mishra, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Hong Zhang, Michael Allan Hope, Jun Li, Anurag Krishna, Olivier Ouellette, Zhiwen Zhou

The use of molecular modulators to reduce the defect density at the surface and grain boundaries of perovskite materials has been demonstrated to be an effective approach to enhance the photovoltaic performance and device stability of perovskite solar cell ...

2020

Encapsulant Selection for PID Resistant Modules Made with Heterojunction Solar Cells

Christophe Ballif, Alessandro Francesco Aldo Virtuani, Luca Gnocchi

Recent studies showed that SHJ solar cells can be prone to PID when encapsulated with a low volume resistivity encapsulant, such as ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA). These studies also demonstrated that their degradation mechanism is different from Al-BSF modu ...

EU PVSEC Proceedings2020

One-type-fits-all-systems: Strategies for preventing potential-induced degradation in crystalline silicon solar photovoltaic modules

Christophe Ballif, Eleonora Annigoni, Alessandro Francesco Aldo Virtuani

In this work, we investigate the relationship between potential-induced degradation (PID) and the bill of material used in module manufacturing. We manufacture samples with different combination of materials, using two types of solar cells (conventional vs ...

WILEY2019

A chain is as strong as its weakest link - Stability study of MAPbI(3) under light and temperature

Michael Graetzel, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Amita Ummadisingu, Michael Saliba

The stability of perovskite solar cells is a key issue for industrial development. One reason for this is the volatile organic methylammonium (MA) cation, which is prone to degas under elevated temperatures from the perovskite. At the same time, small amou ...

2019

Dopant-Free Hole-Transporting Polymers for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Wolfgang Richard Tress, Michael Saliba

A series of novel polymers (P1P6) derived from the combination of different units (including thiophene, triarylamine, and spirobifluorene) were successfully synthesized, completely characterized, and used as hole-transporting materials (HTMs) for perovskit ...

American Chemical Society2019

Optimized Design of Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells for Field Operating Conditions

Christophe Ballif, Mathieu Gérard Boccard, Jean Cattin, Jan Haschke, Olivier Denis Dupré

Solar modules are currently characterised at standard test conditions (STC), defined at 1000 W/m2 and 25 °C. However, solar modules in actual outdoor operating conditions typically operate at lower illumination and higher temperature than STC, which signif ...

2019

A Facile Preparative Route of Nanoscale Perovskites over Mesoporous Metal Oxide Films and Their Applications to Photosensitizers and Light Emitters

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Emad Oveisi, Valentin Ianis Emmanuel Queloz, Yonghui Lee, Kyung Taek Cho, Sanghyun Paek, Iwan Zimmermann, Aron Joel Huckaba, Giulia Grancini, So-Min Yoo

By two‐step sequential Pb2+ adsorption and reaction with methylammonium‐iodide (MAI) or ‐bromide (MABr) at a low concentration level of 0.06–0.10 m over mesoporous TiO2 or ZrO2 film, a well‐defined nanoscale CH3NH3PbI3 (MAPbI3) photosensitizer or CH3NH3PbB ...

2018

Low-cost Cr doped Pt3Ni alloy supported on carbon nanofibers composites counter electrode for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

Ulf Anders Hagfeldt

Pt3Ni alloy supported by carbon nanofibers (CNs) composites (Pt3Ni/CNs) synthesized by a simple solvothermal process was introduced into dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) as counter electrode (CE) for the first time, and the DSCs based on Pt3Ni/CNs CE obta ...

Elsevier Science Bv2016

Efficient screen printed perovskite solar cells based on mesoscopic TiO2/Al2O3/NiO/ carbon architecture

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Mingkui Wang, Thomas Moehl

We present efficient perovskite solar cells using a mesoscopic TiO2/Al2O3/NiO/carbon structure as framework. The CH(3)NH(3)Pbl(3)-based device with quadruple-layer architecture achieves a power conversion efficiency of 15.03% under AM 1.5G illumination. De ...

Elsevier Science Bv2015

The Role of p Bridges in High-Efficiency DSCs Based on Unsymmetrical Squaraines

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Jun Ho Yum

A series of squaraine-based sensitizers with various p bridges and anchors were prepared and examined in dye-sensitized solar cells. The carboxylic anchor group was attached onto a squaraine dye through p bridges with and without an ethynyl spacer. DFT stu ...

Wiley-Blackwell2013

Strategies to Optimizing Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells : Organic Sensitizers, Tandem Device Structures, and Numerical Device Modeling

Sophie Wenger

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) constitute a novel class of hybrid organic-inorganic solar cells. At the heart of the device is a mesoporous film of titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles, which are coated with a monolayer of dye sensitive to the visible ...

EPFL2010

Properties of interfaces in amorphous/crystalline silicon heterojunctions

Christophe Ballif, Aïcha Hessler-Wyser, Christian Monachon, Stefaan De Wolf, Luc Fesquet

To study recombination at the amorphous/crystalline Si (a- Si:H/c-Si) heterointerface, the amphoteric nature of silicon (Si) dangling bonds is taken into account. Modeling interface recombination measured on various test structures provides insight into th ...

Wiley2010

The analysis of digital urban models derived from Lidar data for the assessment of the environmental quality of cities

Gilles Desthieux, Claudio Magalhaes Carneiro

Aim of the work is to assess the environmental quality and the potential implementation of renewable energies at the scale of the city referring to Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) data. This source of data allows to predict environmental indicators in ...

2009