Interpreting ideality factors for planar perovskite solar cells: Ectypal diode theory for steady-state operation

NE Courtier - Physical Review Applied, 2020 - APS
Ideality factors are used to identify the dominant form of recombination in many types of solar
cells and guide future development. Unusual noninteger and voltage-dependent ideality …

Diode Equation for Sandwich-Type Thin-Film Photovoltaic Devices Limited by Bimolecular Recombination

OJ Sandberg, A Armin - PRX Energy, 2024 - APS
Analytical diode models that relate the current to key material parameters are invaluable for
understanding the device physics in photovoltaic (PV) devices. However, a diode model that …

Straddling type sandwiched absorber based solar cell structure

S Gomathi, AGS Raj, CS Mishra, A Kumar - Optik, 2023 - Elsevier
We have proposed a solar cell structure that could utilize sub-bandgap photons along with
the usual above bandgap energy photons. This device configuration could achieve …

Synergetic Triple Absorber Based High‐Efficiency Solar Cell Design

M Gopila, RT Prabu, ATAK Kumar… - Advanced Theory and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Computational analysis of triple absorber‐based solar cell structure is undertaken. This
solar cell device configuration allows better utilization of the incident solar spectrum. Three …

Dual‐Absorber Thin‐Film Solar Cell: A High‐Efficiency Design

S Hemalatha, RT Prabu, R Radhika… - physica status solidi …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The solar cell device architecture is critical for photovoltaic action and achieving high
efficiency. Herein, a dual‐absorber solar cell is demonstrated where a stack of two band …

Material parameters and perspectives for efficiency improvements in perovskite solar cells obtained by analytical modeling

K Taretto, M Soldera… - IEEE Journal of …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Current perovskite solar cells reach high efficiencies with inexpensive materials and
preparation methods. However, in order to understand the current values and obtain even …

Optical and electrical optimization of all-perovskite pin type junction tandem solar cells

M Soldera, A Koffman-Frischknecht… - Journal of Physics D …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
A definitive breakthrough of perovskite solar cells towards large scale industrialization is
believed to be the demonstration of higher efficiencies than conventional silicon technology …

Combining Thickness reduction and light trapping for potential efficiency improvements in perovskite solar cells

M Soldera, K Taretto - physica status solidi (a), 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In this contribution it is shown that the efficiency of perovskite solar cells based on
CH3NH3PbI3 can be increased further by combining thickness reduction of the perovskite …

A Unified Diode Equation for Organic Photovoltaic Devices

OJ Sandberg, A Armin - arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.09698, 2023 - arxiv.org
Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) are promising candidates for future sustainable technologies,
including applications within the renewable energy sector, such as solar cells and indoor …

Piezoresistivity of thin film semiconductors with application to thin film silicon solar cells

D Lange, PR i Cabarrocas, N Triantafyllidis… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2016 - Elsevier
The influence of mechanical strain on the conductivity (piezoresistivity) of intrinsic and
doped hydrogenated amorphous and microcrystalline silicon (a-Si: H and μ-Si: H) thin films …