Overview of the current state of flexible solar panels and photovoltaic materials

R Dallaev, T Pisarenko, N Papež, V Holcman - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
The rapid growth and evolution of solar panel technology have been driven by continuous
advancements in materials science. This review paper provides a comprehensive overview …

[HTML][HTML] A Review of Simulation Tools for Thin-Film Solar Cells

L Salgado-Conrado, C Álvarez-Macías… - Materials, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Unlike current silicon-based photovoltaic technology, the development of last-generation
thin-film solar cells has been marked by groundbreaking advancements in new materials …

Low‐Temperature Synthesis of Stable CaZn2P2 Zintl Phosphide Thin Films as Candidate Top Absorbers

S Quadir, Z Yuan, GL Esparza, S Dugu… - Advanced Energy …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The development of tandem photovoltaics and photoelectrochemical solar cells requires
new absorber materials with bandgaps in the range of≈ 1.5–2.3 eV, for use in the top cell …

Recent advances and opportunities in perovskite-based triple-junction tandem solar cells

YJ Ahn, HJ Kim, IJ Park, JY Kim - Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
As the demand for sustainable energy sources increases, the multi-junction solar cell is an
attractive approach to achieve high-energy density, overcoming the efficiency limit of single …

Unveiling the Effects of Spray and Selenization Process Optimization for Over 13% Efficient CIGSSe Solar Cells through the Aqueous Solution Method

T Enkhbat, ST Kim, J Kim, JH Yun… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Cu (In, Ga)(S, Se) 2 (CIGSSe) solar cells were fabricated by using a spray deposition
technique based on the ecofriendly aqueous solution in an ambient air environment that is …

Wet-Etching of Acoustically Spalled GaAs for Substrate Reuse

AN Neumann, PG Coll, MI Bertoni… - IEEE Journal of …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Acoustic spalling is a promising technique for substrate reuse in the fabrication of gallium
arsenide (GaAs) photovoltaic cells. However, the acoustic spalling process can leave the …

Oxygen‐Assisted Tailoring of Evaporated PbS Hole Transport Layer for Highly Efficient Antimony Sulfide Solar Cells

JR Cai, ZH Huang, WQ Huang, LJ Liu, H Li, LM Lin… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Antimony sulfide (Sb2S3) is regarded as one of the potential candidates for the next
generation of photovoltaic absorber due to its excellent photoelectric properties. However …

In Situ Smoothing of Facets on Spalled GaAs (100) Substrates during OMVPE Growth of III–V Epilayers, Solar Cells, and Other Devices: The Impact of Surface …

WE McMahon, AK Braun, AN Perna… - Crystal Growth & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
One possible pathway toward reducing the cost of III–V solar cells is to remove them from
their growth substrate by spalling fracture, and then reuse the substrate for the growth of …

Crystallographic anisotropy-dependent mechanochemical removal of GaAs: Nanoasperity experiments and atomistic simulations

J Gao, H Zhou, Y Lu, H Zhang, J Sun, Y Wang… - Tribology …, 2025 - Elsevier
In this paper, the nanoasperity wear tests on GaAs surfaces with different crystallographic
orientations against SiO 2 microsphere were performed using AFM. The removal behavior …

Performance of Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxy‐Grown GaInP Photovoltaics with Double‐Sided Al‐Containing Passivation Layers Under Air Mass 1.5 Global Solar …

Y Shoji, R Oshima, K Makita, A Ubukata, S Koseki… - Solar …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
High‐performance III–V photovoltaic devices have the potential for various applications;
however, their high production cost represents a challenge for market expansion. Hydride …