Design and exploration of semiconductors from first principles: A review of recent advances

F Oba, Y Kumagai - Applied Physics Express, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent first-principles approaches to semiconductors are reviewed, with an emphasis on
theoretical insight into emerging materials and in silico exploration of as-yet-unreported …

Can Pb-free halide double perovskites support high-efficiency solar cells?

CN Savory, A Walsh, DO Scanlon - ACS energy letters, 2016 - ACS Publications
The methylammonium lead halides have become champion photoactive semiconductors for
solar cell applications; however, issues still remain with respect to chemical instability and …

Toward the development and deployment of large-scale carbon dioxide capture and conversion processes

Z Yuan, MR Eden, R Gani - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry …, 2016 - ACS Publications
In light of the depletion of fossil fuels and the increased daily requirements for liquid fuels
and chemicals, CO2 should indeed be regarded as a valuable C1 additional feedstock for …

High-throughput computational search for high carrier lifetime, defect-tolerant solar absorbers

D Dahliah, G Brunin, J George, VA Ha… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The solar absorber is a key component in a solar cell as it captures photons and converts
them into electron–hole pairs. Its efficiency is driven by the carrier lifetime and the latter is …

[PDF][PDF] Structural, electronic, and optoelectronic properties of XYZ2 (X= Zn, Cd; Y= Si, Sn; Z= pnicogens) Chalcopyrite compounds: First-principles calculations

O Jabbar, AH Reshak - Exp. Theor. Nanotechnol, 2023 - researchgate.net
Structural, optoelectronic and electronic characteristics of the semiconductor chalcopyrite
XYZ2 (X= Zn, Cd; Y= Si, Sn; Z= P) are predicted using first-principleS calculations. The (PBE …

Strain Engineering of the Pentagonal PtSiTe Monolayer for Enhanced Photovoltaic and Thermoelectric Efficiency: A First-Principles Investigation

B Djamel, EA Haidar, C Stampfl, C Naouel… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Recently, there has been a significant interest in the theoretical exploration of stable two-
dimensional (2D) polar transition metal monolayers, which exhibit intriguing piezoelectric …

Theoretical and data-driven approaches to semiconductors and dielectrics: from prediction to experiment

F Oba, T Nagai, R Katsube, Y Mochizuki… - … and Technology of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Computational approaches using theoretical calculations and data scientific methods have
become increasingly important in materials science and technology, with the development of …

Selection metric for photovoltaic materials screening based on detailed-balance analysis

B Blank, T Kirchartz, S Lany, U Rau - Physical review applied, 2017 - APS
The success of recently discovered absorber materials for photovoltaic applications has
been generating increasing interest in systematic materials screening over the last years …

First-principles analysis of the spectroscopic limited maximum efficiency of photovoltaic absorber layers for CuAu-like chalcogenides and silicon

M Bercx, N Sarmadian, R Saniz, B Partoens… - Physical Chemistry …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Chalcopyrite semiconductors are of considerable interest for application as absorber layers
in thin-film photovoltaic cells. When growing films of these compounds, however, they are …

Insights into the relationship between ferroelectric and photovoltaic properties in CsGeI 3 for solar energy conversion

N Chelil, M Sahnoun, Z Benhalima, R Larbi, SM Eldin - RSC advances, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Materials such as oxide and halide perovskites that simultaneously exhibit spontaneous
polarization and absorption of visible light are called photoferroelectrics. They hold great …