Graded carrier concentration absorber profile for high efficiency CIGS solar cells

A Parisi, R Pernice, V Rocca, L Curcio… - International Journal …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We demonstrate an innovative CIGS‐based solar cells model with a graded doping
concentration absorber profile, capable of achieving high efficiency values. In detail, we start …

Role of the charge-transfer state in reduced langevin recombination in organic solar cells: a theoretical study

Y Liu, K Zojer, B Lassen… - The Journal of …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Reduced Langevin recombination has been observed in organic solar cells (OSCs) for
many years, but its origin is still unclear. A recent work by Burke et al.(Adv. Energy Mater …

A comparative study on the band diagrams and efficiencies of silicon and perovskite solar cells using wxAMPS and AMPS-1D

J Smucker, J Gong - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract wxAMPS is a popular software widely used in simulating state-of-art solar cells;
however, the official documentation for it does not exist. Herein, we compiled information …

Novel high-efficiency crystalline-silicon-based compound heterojunction solar cells: HCT (heterojunction with compound thin-layer)

Y Liu, Y Sun, W Liu, J Yao - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
With an amorphous silicon (a-Si: H)/crystalline silicon (c-Si) heterojunction structure, the
heterojunction with intrinsic thin-layer (HIT) solar cell has become one of the most promising …

Modeling multijunction solar cells by nonlocal tunneling and subcell analysis

Y Liu, M Ahmadpour, J Adam… - IEEE Journal of …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multijunction solar cells have been demonstrated as an efficient approach to overcome the
Shockley-Queisser limit and achieve high efficiency. However, cost reduction and further …

Computational insights into charge transfer across functionalized semiconductor surfaces

K Kearney, A Rockett, E Ertekin - Science and Technology of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Photoelectrochemical water-splitting is a promising carbon-free fuel production method for
producing H2 and O2 gas from liquid water. These cells are typically composed of at least …

Identifying charge transfer mechanisms across semiconductor heterostructures via surface dipole modulation and multiscale modeling

RT Pekarek, K Kearney, BM Simon… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The design and fabrication of stable and efficient photoelectrochemical devices requires the
use of multifunctional structures with complex heterojunctions composed of semiconducting …

Structural, electrical and optical properties of AlSb thin films deposited by pulsed laser deposition

P Tang, B Li, L Feng, L Wu, J Zhang, W Li… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Aluminum antimony (AlSb) is a potential absorber for solar cells. In present work, we
fabricated AlSb thin films by using pulsed laser deposition method, and investigated the …

Parametrical study of multilayer structures for CIGS solar cells

AC Busacca, V Rocca, L Curcio, A Parisi… - 2014 International …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a numerical analysis of relevant electrical parameters of multilayer structures
for CIGS-based solar cells was carried out, employing the simulation software wxAMPS. In …

Simulation of charge transport and recombination across functionalized Si (111) photoelectrodes

KL Kearney, AA Rockett - Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
A method is described for modeling charge transfer and recombination across functionalized
Si (111) photoelectrodes using a 1D solid state drift-diffusion device simulation-wxAMPS. To …