Device physics underlying silicon heterojunction and passivating‐contact solar cells: A topical review

RVK Chavali, S De Wolf… - Progress in Photovoltaics …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The device physics of commercially dominant diffused‐junction silicon solar cells is well
understood, allowing sophisticated optimization of this class of devices. Recently, so‐called …

Light-induced lattice expansion leads to high-efficiency perovskite solar cells

H Tsai, R Asadpour, JC Blancon, CC Stoumpos… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Light-induced structural dynamics plays a vital role in the physical properties, device
performance, and stability of hybrid perovskite–based optoelectronic devices. We report that …

A physics-based analytical model for perovskite solar cells

X Sun, R Asadpour, W Nie, AD Mohite… - IEEE Journal of …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Perovskites are promising next-generation absorber materials for low-cost and high-
efficiency solar cells. Although perovskite cells are configured similar to the classical solar …

Generalized quantum efficiency analysis for non-ideal solar cells: Case of Cu2ZnSnSe4

CJ Hages, NJ Carter, R Agrawal - Journal of Applied Physics, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Detailed quantum efficiency (QE) analysis of a nanoparticle-based Cu 2 ZnSnSe 4 (CZTSe)
solar cell has been conducted to understand photogenerated carrier collection in the device …

Real‐time monitoring and diagnosis of photovoltaic system degradation only using maximum power point—the Suns‐Vmp method

X Sun, RVK Chavali, MA Alam - Progress in Photovoltaics …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The uncertainties associated with technology‐specific and geography‐specific degradation
rates make it difficult to calculate the levelized cost of energy, and thus the economic viability …

A Generalized Theory Explains the Anomalous Suns– Response of Si Heterojunction Solar Cells

RVK Chavali, JV Li, C Battaglia… - IEEE Journal of …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Suns-V oc measurements exclude parasitic series resistance effects and are, therefore,
frequently used to study the intrinsic potential of a given photovoltaic technology. However …

Antimony chalcogenide-based thin film solar cells: Device engineering routes to boost the performance

S Agarwal, V Nandal, H Yadav, K Kumar - Journal of Applied Physics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The use of stibnite (Sb 2 S 3) as a light-harvesting material in thin film solar cells has
received considerable research interest during the transition of the millennium. However, the …

An illumination-and temperature-dependent analytical model for copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) solar cells

X Sun, T Silverman, R Garris, C Deline… - IEEE Journal of …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present a physics-based analytical model for copper indium gallium
diselenide (CIGS) solar cells that describes the illumination-and temperature-dependent …

Comparing front-and rear-junction GaInP photovoltaic devices through detailed numerical and analytical modeling

Y Sun, A Perna, P Bermel - IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Achieving record efficiencies in multijunction and spectrally split photovoltaics requires
maximal performance in wide-bandgap topjunctions. Recent advances in single-junction …

A physics-based compact model for CIGS and CdTe solar cells: From voltage-dependent carrier collection to light-enhanced reverse breakdown

X Sun, J Raguse, R Garris, C Deline… - 2015 IEEE 42nd …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we develop a physics-based compact model for CIGS and CdTe
heterojunction solar cells that attributes the failure of superposition to voltage-dependent …