Thin-film micro-concentrator solar cells

M Alves, A Pérez-Rodríguez, PJ Dale… - Journal of Physics …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Photovoltaic (PV) energy conversion of sunlight into electricity is now a well-established
technology and a strong further expansion of PV will be seen in the future to answer the …

The fox and the hound: in-depth and in-grain Na doping and Ga grading in Cu (In, Ga) Se 2 solar cells

D Colombara, K Conley, M Malitckaya… - Journal of materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Cu (In, Ga)(S, Se) 2 (CIGS) thin film solar cells require appropriate depth and lateral
distributions of alkali metal dopants and gallium to attain world record photovoltaic energy …

[HTML][HTML] Area-selective growth for patterning and separation of molecules at allocated sites: Designed kinetic Monte Carlo simulation for anisotropic molecules

Y Jiang, L Shi, N Chen, L Hu, W Wang, Q Nie, B Yan - Results in Physics, 2023 - Elsevier
Micro-patterning of organic thin films plays a crucial role for organic electronics. Due to the
high resolution over large areas, several photo-lithography compatible techniques for the …

Fabrication of Pre-Structured Substrates and Growth of CIGS Micro-Absorbers

M Alves, P Anacleto, V Teixeira, J Carneiro… - Nanomaterials, 2024 - mdpi.com
Second-generation thin-film Cu (In, Ga) Se2 (CIGS) solar cells are a well-established
photovoltaic technology with a record power conversion efficiency of 23.6%. However, their …

Micro-sized thin-film solar cells via area-selective electrochemical deposition for concentrator photovoltaics application

D Siopa, K El Hajraoui, S Tombolato, F Babbe… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Micro-concentrator solar cells enable higher power conversion efficiencies and material
savings when compared to large-area non-concentrated solar cells. In this study, we use …

Repairing the specified track on the copper coating surface via area-selective electrodeposition

C Yang, Z Yao, F Zhang, M Oleksandr - Journal of Materials Research, 2021 - Springer
In the present study, the area-selective (droplet contact) electrodeposition technique was
used to repair damaged areas of the coating by specifying the track. The influence of …

Modelling and simulation of the electrodeposition process on open-porous media

C Grill - 2023 - publikationen.sulb.uni-saarland.de
As materials and energy are finite resources, it is essential to use these raw materials
efficiently. Hybrid foams coated with electrodeposited nanocrystalline nickel master this …

Micro-concentrated photovoltaics based on Cu (In, Ga) Se2 microcells: an optical study

N Li, C Wang, Y Tu, J Zhang, G Yin - The European Physical Journal …, 2022 - epjap.org
Micro-concentrated Cu (In, Ga) Se 2 (µCPV-CIGSe) solar cells offer the potential to greatly
reduce the consumption of raw materials while maintaining high efficiencies. A theoretical …