Refractive index and extinction coefficient of CH3NH3PbI3 studied by spectroscopic ellipsometry

X Ziang, L Shifeng, Q Laixiang, P Shuping… - Optical Materials …, 2014 - opg.optica.org
Research concerning CH_3NH_3PbI_3 solar cells (SCs) has attracted great attention.
However, the CH_3NH_3PbI_3 material's critical dispersion relationships, ie the refractive …

Quantitative determination of optical and recombination losses in thin-film photovoltaic devices based on external quantum efficiency analysis

A Nakane, H Tampo, M Tamakoshi… - Journal of Applied …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
In developing photovoltaic devices with high efficiencies, quantitative determination of the
carrier loss is crucial. In conventional solar-cell characterization techniques, however …

Improvement of the CIGS solar cell performance: structure based on a ZnS buffer layer

S Tobbeche, S Kalache, M Elbar, MN Kateb… - Optical and Quantum …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Cu (In, Ga) Se 2 (CIGS) based thin film solar cells are the most efficient thin-film
solar cells today. The non-toxic and wide band-gap zinc sulphide (ZnS) is a promising …

Surface and Interface Properties in Thin‐Film Solar Cells: Using Soft X‐rays and Electrons to Unravel the Electronic and Chemical Structure

L Weinhardt, D Hauschild, C Heske - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Thin‐film solar cells have great potential to overtake the currently dominant silicon‐based
solar cell technologies in a strongly growing market. Such thin‐film devices consist of a …

Effectiveness of band discontinuities between CIGS absorber and copper-based hole transport layer in limiting recombination at the back contact

I Gharibshahian, AA Orouji, S Sharbati - Materials Today Communications, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, different copper-based thin-film materials as a hole transport layer (HTL) are
introduced in Cu (In, Ga) Se 2 (CIGS) solar cells to limit the recombination rate at the back …

Effect of top-cell CGS thickness on the performance of CGS/CIGS tandem solar cell

M Elbar, S Tobbeche, A Merazga - Solar energy, 2015 - Elsevier
The photovoltaic characteristics of a double junction CGS/CIGS tandem solar cell, based on
copper gallium diselenide (CGS) and copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) structures as …

Performance investigation of Sb2S3 and Sb2Se3 earth abundant based thin film solar cells

A Khadir - Optical Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Recently, antimony sulfide (Sb 2 S 3) and antimony selenide (Sb 2 Se 3) materials have
received a particular research attention as absorbers in hetero-junction thin film solar cells …

Sputtered Transparent Electrodes (IO:H and IZO) with Low Parasitic Near-Infrared Absorption for Perovskite–Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Tandem Solar Cells

M Schultes, T Helder, E Ahlswede… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Hybrid lead halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) in tandem application with copper indium
gallium diselenide (CIGS) solar cells represent one of the most promising all-thin-film …

Quantitative Assessment of Optical Gain and Loss in Submicron-Textured Solar Cells Fabricated by Three-Stage Coevaporation

T Hara, T Maekawa, S Minoura, Y Sago, S Niki… - physical review …, 2014 - APS
The external quantum efficiency (EQE) spectra of high-efficiency CuInGaSe 2 (CIGS)-based
solar cells fabricated by a standard three-stage process are simulated by incorporating the …

Effect of the junction barrier on current–voltage distortions in the Sb2Se3/Zn (O, S) solar cells

I Gharibshahian, AA Orouji, S Sharbati - Optical materials, 2021 - Elsevier
A spike-like energy level alignment of Sb 2 Se 3 absorber with a Zn (O, S) buffer layer is one
of the crucial features for high efficiency solar cells based on Sb 2 Se 3/Zn (O, S) …