Exploiting the Optical Limits of Thin‐Film Solar Cells: A Review on Light Management Strategies in Cu(In,Ga)Se2

AJN Oliveira, JP Teixeira, D Ramos… - Advanced Photonics …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Light management strategies are of utmost importance to allow Cu (In, Ga) Se2 (CIGS)
technology market expansion, as it would enable a conversion efficiency boost as well as …

[HTML][HTML] PV/T solar panel for supplying residential demands of heating/cooling and hot water with a lower environmental thermal load

K Terashima, H Sato, T Ikaga - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
The practical efficiencies of existing commercial m-Si and CIS PV modules measured in
reality by our group were less than 15% because of the higher temperatures of the PV …

Performance enhancement of CIGS solar cell with two dimensional MoS2 hole transport layer

AK Patel, R Mishra, SK Soni - Micro and Nanostructures, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper describes a performance analysis of solar cell based on Cu (In 1-x Ga x) Se 2
(CIGS) material as an absorber layer together with two dimensional (2d)-MoS 2 as hole …

Numerical study of a high‑performance thin film CIGS solar cell with a-Si and MoTe2 hole transport layer

AK Patel, PK Rao, R Mishra, SK Soni - Optik, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Ultrathin Cu (InGa) Se 2 (CIGS) material has become one of the emerging material
in the research of solar cell fields due to its excellent optical, electrical and tunable bandgap …

[HTML][HTML] Proposal and design of flexible all-polymer/CIGS tandem solar cell

TI Alanazi, M El Sabbagh - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Tandem solar cells (TSCs) have attracted prodigious attention for their high efficiency, which
can surmount the Shockley–Queisser limit for single-junction solar cells. Flexible TSCs are …

Performance up-gradation of CIGS solar cell using Ag2S quantum dot as buffer layer

S Kumar, RK Chauhan - Journal of Materials Research, 2023 - Springer
Ag2S quantum dot as buffer layer having non-toxicity and large bandgap enhances solar
cell performance, significantly improving the light absorption in the short wavelength region …

Electrical and optical parameters optimization and interface engineering for efficiency improvement of double CIGS absorber based solar cell

AK Patel, R Mishra, SK Soni - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present a numerical simulation of double CIGS absorber based solar cell to
enhance solar cell performance. The performance characteristics such as open circuit …

Performance Analysis of a Cu(In1−xGax)Se2 Solar Cell with Nontoxic WS2 and WSSe Buffer Layers

AK Patel, R Mishra, SK Soni - Journal of Electronic Materials, 2022 - Springer
Significant studies haves been undertaken to improve the power conversion efficiency
(PCE) of the Cu (In1− xGax) Se2 (CIGS) solar cell by varying the energy bandgap of the …

Cost-saving and performance-enhancement of CuInGaSe solar cells by adding CuZnSnSe as a second absorber

N Selmane, A Cheknane, F Khemloul, MHS Helal… - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
CuInGaSe (CIGS) based solar cells are promising, but involve costly and hazardous and
costly indium element. This work aims at solving these problems, without sacrificing the …

Numerical optimization of ultrathin CIGS solar cells with rear surface passivation

NEI Boukortt, S Patanè, M Adouane, R AlHammadi - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
We use Silvaco-TCAD tools to optimize ultrathin Cu (In 1-x Ga x) Se 2 solar cells with rear
surface passivation. First of all, the single CIGS structure was performed and calibrated with …