Interfacial residual stress relaxation in perovskite solar cells with improved stability

H Wang, C Zhu, L Liu, S Ma, P Liu, J Wu… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
To improve the photovoltaic performance (both efficiency and stability) in hybrid organic–
inorganic halide perovskite solar cells, perovskite lattice distortion is investigated with …

Oriented molecular bridge constructs homogeneous buried interface for perovskite solar cells with efficiency over 25.3%

X Wang, H Huang, M Wang, Z Lan, P Cui… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Buried interface optimization matters the efficiency improvement of planar perovskite solar
cells (PSCs), and the molecular bridge is reported to be an effective approach. Herein, a …

Ultrafast and efficient photothermal conversion for sunlight-driven thermal-electric system

Y Zhang, GG Gurzadyan, MM Umair, W Wang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric battery is effective in converting thermoelectricity based on Seebeck effect.
As an all-solid-state energy conversion model, this battery is highly significant in improving …

Biomimetic electrodes for flexible organic solar cells with efficiencies over 16%

TY Qu, LJ Zuo, JD Chen, X Shi, T Zhang… - Advanced Optical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Flexible organic solar cells (OSCs) are very promising for use in portable power supply
devices due to the advantages of low‐cost, light‐weight, and flexibility. However, the …

Strain engineering in power-generating and self-powered nanodevices

DB Kim, JY Kim, J Han, YS Cho - Nano Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Strain engineering has been extensively studied as a practical approach for controlling the
electronic and optoelectronic properties of inorganic materials by deliberately imposing …

Nanoscale analysis of surface bending strain in film substrates for preventing fracture in flexible electronic devices

R Taguchi, N Akamatsu, K Kuwahara… - Advanced Materials …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
With the rapid development of flexible electronics and soft robotics, there is an emerging
topic of preventing fracture in materials and devices integrated on largely bending film …

A novel test method for quantifying cracking propensity of photovoltaic backsheets after ultraviolet exposure

CC Lin, Y Lyu, DS Jacobs, JH Kim… - Progress in …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Surface cracking in multilayered backsheets is one of the common failure modes for field
photovoltaic (PV) modules, leading to safety concerns. However, the current IEC …

CIGS solar cells on ultra-thin glass substrates: Determination of mechanical properties by nanoindentation and application to bending-induced strain calculation

A Gerthoffer, C Poulain, F Roux, F Emieux… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Cu (In, Ga) Se 2 (CIGS) based thin film solar cells have been extensively studied
and today, power conversion efficiencies higher than 20% have been demonstrated on both …

Cracking and delamination behaviors of photovoltaic backsheet after accelerated laboratory weathering

CC Lin, Y Lyu, DL Hunston, JH Kim… - … , and Systems VIII, 2015 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The channel crack and delamination phenomena that occurred during tensile tests were
utilized to study surface cracking and delamination properties of a multilayered backsheet. A …

Modeling thermo-mechanical stress of flexible CIGS solar cells

H Kim, D Xu, C John, Y Wu - IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film solar cells are fabricated through several
deposition and annealing processes at high temperatures, which can generate significant …