Efficiency boost of bifacial Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin-film solar cells for flexible and tandem applications with silver-assisted low-temperature process

SC Yang, TY Lin, M Ochoa, H Lai, R Kothandaraman… - Nature Energy, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Bifacial Cu (In, Ga) Se2 (CIGS) solar cells are attractive for a range of applications,
but their low power conversion efficiency is a limitation. To improve their efficiency, the …

High-concentration silver alloying and steep back-contact gallium grading enabling copper indium gallium selenide solar cell with 23.6% efficiency

J Keller, K Kiselman, O Donzel-Gargand, NM Martin… - Nature Energy, 2024 - nature.com
Chalcopyrite-based solar cells have reached an efficiency of 23.35%, yet further
improvements have been challenging. Here we present a 23.64% certified efficiency for a …

A qualitative Design and optimization of CIGS-based Solar Cells with Sn2S3 Back Surface Field: A plan for achieving 21.83% efficiency

MF Rahman, MK Hasan, M Chowdhury, MR Islam… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Abstract Conventional Copper Indium Gallium Di Selenide (CIGS)-based solar cells are
more efficient than second-generation technology based on hydrogenated amorphous …

A review on barrier layers used in flexible stainless-steel based CIGS photovoltaic devices

S Hamtaei, G Brammertz, J Poortmans… - npj Flexible …, 2023 - nature.com
Two primary engineering challenges are en route to fabricating high-performance flexible
stainless-steel based Cu (In, Ga)(S, Se) 2 solar cells; Growing absorbers without …

Heat Soaking for Improving Rollover From S at the Back of CIGSSe Solar Cells

JH Siew, YH Chen, YL Chang, CH Lai… - IEEE Journal of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A simple method of low-temperature heat-soaking (HS) treatment on copper indium gallium
sulfur selenide (CIGSSe) solar cells is investigated for mitigating the rollover effect …

An Overview of Chalcogenide Thin Film Materials for Tandem Applications

B Vermang - Photovoltaic Solar Energy: From Fundamentals to …, 2024 - books.google.com
For over 135 years, numerous chalcogenides have been investigated for their remarkable
photovoltaic (PV) material properties. Chalcogenide PV materials have the longest history …