The Urbach energy is an expression of the static and dynamic disorder in a semiconductor and is directly accessible via optical characterization techniques. The strength of this metric …
The Urbach energy indicating the width of the exponentially decaying sub-bandgap absorption tail is commonly used as the indicator of electronic quality of thin-film materials …
D Cahen, L Kronik, G Hodes - ACS energy letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Among many riddles posed by halide perovskites, the surprising apparent near-absence of harmful defects stands out. This is commonly explained by invoking defect tolerance (DT) …
Textured silicon wafers used in silicon solar cell manufacturing offer superior light trapping, which is a critical enabler for high‐performance photovoltaics. A similar optical benefit can …
S Wang, F Cao, Y Wu, X Zhang, J Zou, Z Lan… - Materials Today …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Constructing three-dimensional (3D)/two-dimensional (2D) hybrid perovskite heterojunction has been proved to be a promising approach to improve the power …
F Cao, W Pan, Z Zhang, P Chen, R He, A Tong… - Applied Surface …, 2023 - Elsevier
Defects distributed between the perovskite film and the hole transport layer (HTL) are easily generated, which can not only act as charge recombination sites, but also provoke the …
Compositional modifications and passivating additives have been key enablers to achieve operationally stable halide perovskite devices with excellent optoelectronic properties. The …
AJ Yun, S Ryu, J Lim, J Kim, B Park - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The facile formation of defects in halide perovskite has recently been regarded as the main bottleneck for both the efficiency and stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Therefore …
With growing demands on the stability of perovskite photovoltaics against various degradation factors, understanding and controlling the defect characteristics of devices have …