Microstructural characterisations of perovskite solar cells–from grains to interfaces: Techniques, features, and challenges

MU Rothmann, W Li, J Etheridge… - Advanced Energy …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Organic‐inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells form a new type of thin film photovoltaic
technology, which has achieved extraordinary improvements in power conversion efficiency …

Grain Boundaries in Cu(In, Ga)Se2: A Review of Composition–Electronic Property Relationships by Atom Probe Tomography and Correlative Microscopy

O Cojocaru‐Mirédin, M Raghuwanshi… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Cu (In, Ga) Se2 thin‐film solar cells have attracted significant research interest in
recent decades due to their high efficiency in converting solar energy into electricity for …

Unique properties of halide perovskites as possible origins of the superior solar cell performance.

WJ Yin, T Shi, Y Yan - Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 2014 - europepmc.org
Halide perovskites solar cells have the potential to exhibit higher energy conversion
efficiencies with ultrathin films than conventional thin-film solar cells based on CdTe …

Potassium-induced surface modification of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin films for high-efficiency solar cells

A Chirilă, P Reinhard, F Pianezzi, P Bloesch, AR Uhl… - Nature materials, 2013 - nature.com
Thin-film photovoltaic devices based on chalcopyrite Cu (In, Ga) Se2 (CIGS) absorber layers
show excellent light-to-power conversion efficiencies exceeding 20%(refs,). This high …

The state and future prospects of kesterite photovoltaics

A Polizzotti, IL Repins, R Noufi, SH Wei… - Energy & Environmental …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
A recent meeting of experts in kesterite, chalcopyrite, and related thin-film solar cell devices;
characterization; and modeling from industry, academia, and national labs identified high …

Features of KF and NaF Postdeposition Treatments of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Absorbers for High Efficiency Thin Film Solar Cells

P Reinhard, B Bissig, F Pianezzi, E Avancini… - Chemistry of …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The introduction of a KF postdeposition treatment (KF PDT) of Cu (In, Ga) Se2 (CIGS) thin
films has led to the achievement of several consecutive new world record efficiencies up to …

Identification of embedded nanotwins at c-Si/a-Si: H interface limiting the performance of high-efficiency silicon heterojunction solar cells

X Qu, Y He, M Qu, T Ruan, F Chu, Z Zheng, Y Ma… - Nature Energy, 2021 - nature.com
The interface of high-quality crystalline silicon/hydrogenated amorphous silicon (c-Si/a-Si:
H) is indispensable for achieving the ideal conversion efficiency of Si heterojunction solar …

[PDF][PDF] Origin of high electronic quality in structurally disordered CH3NH3PbI3 and the passivation effect of Cl and O at grain boundaries

WJ Yin, H Chen, T Shi, SH Wei… - Advanced Electronic …, 2015 - drive.google.com
DOI: 10.1002/aelm. 201500044 the rapid crystallization of the film.[14, 15] The high
structural disorder is also demonstrated by the atomic pair distribution function (PDF) …

Heavy Alkali Treatment of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells: Surface versus Bulk Effects

S Siebentritt, E Avancini, M Bär… - Advanced Energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Chalcopyrite solar cells achieve efficiencies above 23%. The latest improvements are due to
post‐deposition treatments (PDT) with heavy alkalis. This study provides a comprehensive …

Na-Diffusion Enhanced p-type Conductivity in Cu(In,Ga)Se2: A New Mechanism for Efficient Doping in Semiconductors.

ZK Yuan, S Chen, Y Xie, JS Park… - Advanced Energy …, 2016 - search.ebscohost.com
A new mechanism responsible for the hole concentration increase in the CIGS thin films
after Na doping is proposed. At high temperature, a high concentration of Na is doped into …