Thin, flexible, and efficient silicon solar cells would revolutionize the photovoltaic market and
open up new opportunities for PV integration. However, as an indirect semiconductor, silicon …

This article presents an overview of the fabrication methods of black silicon, their resulting
morphologies, and a quantitative comparison of their optoelectronic properties. To perform …

Bifacial monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells exploit albedo—the diffuse reflected
light from the environment—to increase their performance above that of monofacial …

Integrating perovskites onto textured silicon provides a pathway to 30% tandem solar cells.
However, deposition of 0.5–1 μm thick perovskite layers from solution onto textured silicon …

The current losses due to parasitic absorption in the indium tin oxide (ITO) and amorphous
silicon (a-Si: H) layers at the front of silicon heterojunction solar cells are isolated and …

In this study we analyze and discuss the optical properties of various tandem architectures:
mechanically stacked (four-terminal) and monolithically integrated (two-terminal) tandem …

Silicon heterojunction solar cells have record-high open-circuit voltages but suffer from
reduced short-circuit currents due in large part to parasitic absorption in the amorphous …

Solar cell efficiency improvement has been one of the major concerns to realize ultimately
the cost effective efficient solar cells. Among various ways to improve solar cell efficiency …

The ability to selectively redirect specific wavelengths of light has attracted a lot attention for
photonic crystal materials. Presently, there is a wealth of research relating to the fabrication …

Photovoltaics (PVs) are promising sustainable energy generators, yet the higher initial cost
of PV systems compared to the conventional fossil fuel based energy systems remains a …