A key strategy for further reducing the cost of solar electricity is through the development and
production of very-high efficiency silicon solar cells (> 25%). The challenge in achieving this …

Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths: Including Actinides is a continuous
series of books covering all aspects of rare earth science, including chemistry, life sciences …

When untreated, light-induced degradation (LID) of p-type multicrystalline silicon (mc-Si)-
based passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC) modules can reduce power output by up to …

Injection-dependent minority carrier lifetime measurements are a valuable characterisation
method for semiconductor materials, particularly those for photovoltaic applications. For a …

An approximate expression proposed by Green predicts the maximum obtainable fill factor
(FF) of a solar cell from its open-circuit voltage (V oc). The expression was originally …

The current trend in silicon photovoltaics moving towards high‐quality thin mono‐crystalline
silicon substrates sets a new challenge for the understanding of recombination mechanisms …

Luminescence imaging is a versatile characterisation technique used for a broad range of
research and industrial applications, particularly for the field of photovoltaics where …

This study is dedicated to the temperature (T)‐variation of the photovoltaic performances of
solar cells made from solar‐grade silicon directly purified by metallurgical route (SoGM‐Si) …

Owing to their strong interaction with carriers, early 3 d-row (Ti, V, and Cr) and 4 d-row (Zr,
Nb, and Mo) transition metals (TMs) are undesired contaminants in solar-and electronic …

The kinetics of color-center formation and decay in electron-irradiated cubic yttria-stabilized
zirconia (ZrO 2: Y 3+) has been followed by on-line UV/Vis absorption spectroscopy. The …