Photocathode functionalized with a molecular cobalt catalyst for selective carbon dioxide reduction in water

PB Pati, R Wang, E Boutin, S Diring, S Jobic… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Artificial photosynthesis is a vibrant field of research aiming at converting abundant, low
energy molecules such as water, nitrogen or carbon dioxide into fuels or useful chemicals by …

Investigation of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin‐film formation during the multi‐stage co‐evaporation process

R Caballero, CA Kaufmann, V Efimova… - Progress in …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In order to transfer the potential for the high efficiencies seen for Cu (In, Ga) Se2 (CIGSe)
thin films from co‐evaporation processes to cheaper large‐scale deposition techniques, a …

Investigation of co-evaporated polycrystalline Cu (In, Ga) S2 thin film yielding 16.0% efficiency solar cell

N Barreau, E Bertin, A Crossay, O Durand, L Arzel… - EPJ Photovoltaics, 2022 - epj-pv.org
The interest for pure sulfide Cu (In, Ga) S 2 chalcopyrite thin films is increasing again
because their optical properties make them relevant candidates to be applied as top cell …

Novel interface regulation of Sn1. 0Ag0. 5Cu composite solders reinforced with modified ZrO2: microstructure and mechanical properties

F Huo, Z Jin, D Le Han, J Li, K Zhang… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
With the trends of miniaturization and high density of electronic packaging, there has been
an urgent demand to open up lead-free solders with high strength and ductility. In this study …

Effects of KF and RbF post deposition treatments on the growth of the CdS buffer layer on CIGS thin films-a comparative study

T Kodalle, L Choubrac, L Arzel, R Schlatmann… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this contribution we are analyzing and comparing the impact of two different alkali-fluorine
post deposition treatments (KF and RbF) on the growth of chemical-bath-deposited CdS …

Annihilation of structural defects in chalcogenide absorber films for high-efficiency solar cells

R Mainz, ES Sanli, H Stange, D Azulay… - Energy & …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
In polycrystalline semiconductor absorbers for thin-film solar cells, structural defects may
enhance electron–hole recombination and hence lower the resulting energy conversion …

Electronic Structure of the CdS/Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Interface of KF- and RbF-Treated Samples by Kelvin Probe and Photoelectron Yield Spectroscopy

M Rusu, T Kodalle, L Choubrac… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Ambient-pressure Kelvin probe and photoelectron yield spectroscopy methods were
employed to investigate the impact of the KF and RbF postdeposition treatments (KF-PDT …

Optimization of Cu (In, Ga) Se2 (CIGSe) thin film solar cells parameters through numerical simulation and experimental study

D Valencia, J Conde, A Ashok, CA Meza-Avendaño… - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
This study utilized the 2-D Silvaco ATLAS simulator to design and optimize the CIGSe thin-
film solar cell (TFSC), considering experimental results from the hybrid-deposited CIGSe thin …

Influence of grain boundary modification on limited performance of wide bandgap Cu (In, Ga) Se2 solar cells

M Raghuwanshi, E Cadel, P Pareige, S Duguay… - Applied Physics …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
The reason why so-called wide-bandgap CuIn 1− x Ga x Se 2 (CIGSe with x> 0.4) based
solar cells show hindered performance compared with theoretical expectations is still a …

Recrystallization of Cu (In, Ga) Se2 thin films studied by X-ray diffraction

H Rodriguez-Alvarez, N Barreau, CA Kaufmann… - Acta materialia, 2013 - Elsevier
Recrystallization is essential for the synthesis of the highest quality Cu (In, Ga) Se2 (CIGSe)
thin films for solar cell applications. Here we present a real-time study of the recrystallization …