S-shaped current-voltage (IV) characteristics are a frequently occurring hurdle in the
development of new solar cell material combinations and device architectures. Their …

The device physics of commercially dominant diffused‐junction silicon solar cells is well
understood, allowing sophisticated optimization of this class of devices. Recently, so‐called …

Parameter estimation of PV cells is essential to develop accurate simulation techniques,
optimal control mechanisms, converter design optimization, maximize the efficiency of PV …

Silicon heterojunction solar cells enable high conversion efficiencies, thanks to their
passivating contacts which consist of layered stacks of intrinsic and doped amorphous …

As single junction photovoltaic (PV) technologies, both Si heterojunction (HIT) and
perovskite based solar cells promise high efficiencies at low cost. Intuitively, a traditional …

In the last few years the need and demand for utilizing clean energy resources has
increased dramatically. Energy received from sun in the form of light is a sustainable …

Photoelectrochemical splitting of water is potentially a sustainable and affordable solution to
produce hydrogen from sun light. Given the infancy stage of technology development, it is …

Specific contact resistance, commonly extracted by Cox and Strack method (CSM) and
transfer length method (TLM), is one of the most important properties of carrier-selective …

Numerical modelling is used to confirm experimental and theoretical work. The aim of this
work is to present how to simulate ultrathin hydrogenated amorphous silicon‐(a‐Si: H‐) …

Thin-film solar cells often show a crossover between the illuminated and dark IV
characteristics. Several device specific reasons for crossover exist and have been discussed …