Polycrystalline photovoltaic materials offer low costs and good scalability; however, grain boundaries in these materials are extended defects, which can drastically increase carrier …
S Cheng, K Zhang, Y Zhang, Z He, B Liang… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
The post deposition treatment of CsF (CsF-PDT) plays an important role in improving the performance of CIGS solar cells. However, the doping mechanism of Cs-PDT is …
CP Muzzillo - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Introducing K into Cu (In, Ga)(Se, S) 2 (CIGS) absorbers has led to recent world record power conversion efficiencies for thin film polycrystalline solar cells. In this work, the …
K incorporation within grain boundaries, grain interiors, and interfaces has been studied within CuInSe2 solar cells to better understand the beneficial or detrimental role of K …
H Victor Du John, D Jackuline Moni… - PRZEGLĄD …, 2020 - pe.org.pl
A solar cell is technically known as a photovoltaic device which converts light energy into an electric energy by the phenomenon called photovoltaic effect. Solar cells produce …
CP Muzzillo, S Glynn, G Teeter… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
K, Rb, and Cs improve Cu (In, Ga) Se2 (CIGS) solar cell performance, but the mechanism remains unclear. Here we use air-free transfer of multiple samples to study KF post …
To advance knowledge of the beneficial effects of K in Cu (In, Ga)(Se, S) 2 (CIGS) photovoltaic (PV) absorbers, recent Cu-K-In-Se phase growth studies have been extended …
CP Muzzillo, HM Tong, T Anderson - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2017 - Elsevier
Incorporation of K has led to world record Cu (In, Ga) Se 2 photovoltaic power conversion efficiencies, but there is poor consensus about the role of phase impurities in these …
This review points out the current need for further research on tandem solar cells as the commercial single‐junction solar cell technologies report close to their maximum …