Highly efficient organic devices based on electrically doped transport layers

K Walzer, B Maennig, M Pfeiffer, K Leo - Chemical reviews, 2007 - ACS Publications
Most present-day semiconductor devices use inorganic crystalline materials, with single-
crystalline silicon dominating other materials like GaAs by about a factor of 1000. Despite …

Tandem solar cells based on high-efficiency c-Si bottom cells: top cell requirements for> 30% efficiency

TP White, NN Lal, KR Catchpole - IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Tandem solar cells based on crystalline silicon present a practical route toward low-cost
cells with efficiencies above 30%. Here, we evaluate a dual-junction tandem configuration …

Fill factor losses and deviations from the superposition principle in lead halide perovskite solar cells

D Grabowski, Z Liu, G Schöpe, U Rau, T Kirchartz - Solar RRL, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The enhancement of the fill factor in the current generation of perovskite solar cells is the key
for further efficiency improvement. Thus, methods to quantify the fill factor losses are urgently …

Organic Homojunction Diodes with a High Built-in Potential: Interpretation<? format?> of the Current-Voltage Characteristics by a Generalized Einstein Relation

K Harada, AG Werner, M Pfeiffer, CJ Bloom, CM Elliott… - Physical review …, 2005 - APS
We realize p-and n-type doping of the organic semiconductor zinc-phthalocyanine using a
novel strong organic donor. This allows us to demonstrate the first stable and reproducible …

Optics and light trapping for tandem solar cells on silicon

NN Lal, TP White, KR Catchpole - IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The rapid advancement of thin-film photovoltaic (PV) technology increases the real
possibility of large-area Si-based tandems reaching 30% efficiency, although light in these …

Device modelling of organic bulk heterojunction solar cells

T Kirchartz, J Nelson - Multiscale Modelling of Organic and Hybrid …, 2014 - Springer
We review the methods used to simulate the optoelectronic response of organic solar cells
and focus on the application of one-dimensional drift-diffusion simulations. We discuss how …

Modeling extremely thin absorber solar cells for optimized design

K Taretto, U Rau - Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Extremely thin absorber (ETA) solar cells based on inorganic semiconductors are
theoretically analyzed by a model that considers the absorber as being a pin junction, with …

Straddling type sandwiched absorber based solar cell structure

S Gomathi, AGS Raj, CS Mishra, A Kumar - Optik, 2023 - Elsevier
We have proposed a solar cell structure that could utilize sub-bandgap photons along with
the usual above bandgap energy photons. This device configuration could achieve …

Synergetic Triple Absorber Based High‐Efficiency Solar Cell Design

M Gopila, RT Prabu, ATAK Kumar… - Advanced Theory and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Computational analysis of triple absorber‐based solar cell structure is undertaken. This
solar cell device configuration allows better utilization of the incident solar spectrum. Three …

Three-terminal semiconductor junction thermoelectric devices: improving performance

JH Jiang, O Entin-Wohlman, Y Imry - New Journal of Physics, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
A three-terminal thermoelectric device based on ap–i–n semiconductor junction is proposed,
where the intrinsic region is mounted onto what is typically a bosonic thermal terminal …