All highly-efficient organic–inorganic halide perovskite (OIHP) solar cells to date are made of
polycrystalline perovskite films which contain a high density of defects, including point and …

Since the first introduction of the organic–inorganic hybrid perovskite in the field of
optoelectronics, extraordinary progress in both the photoelectric-conversion-efficiency and …

High-quality defect passivation at perovskite/charge extraction layer heterojunctions in
perovskite solar cells is critical to solar device operation. Here we report a …

Abstract 2D materials have attracted considerable attention due to their exciting optical and
electronic properties, and demonstrate immense potential for next‐generation solar cells …

The formation of passivation films by interfacial reactions, though critical for applications
ranging from advanced alloys to electrochemical energy storage, is often poorly understood …

The nanostructuring of silicon surfaces—known as black silicon—is a promising approach to
eliminate front-surface reflection in photovoltaic devices without the need for a conventional …

Semiconductor nanowires (NWs) have been studied extensively for over two decades for
their novel electronic, photonic, thermal, electrochemical and mechanical properties. This …

Black silicon (BSi) represents a very active research area in renewable energy materials.
The rise of BSi as a focus of study for its fundamental properties and potentially lucrative …

Silicon wafer solar cells continue to be the leading photovoltaic technology, and in many
places are now providing a substantial portion of electricity generation. Further adoption of …

An accurate quantitative description of the Auger recombination rate in silicon as a function
of the dopant density and the carrier injection level is important to understand the physics of …