Progress and prospects for ultrathin solar cells | Nature Energy
We refer to ultrathin solar cells as a 10-fold decrease in absorber thickness with respect to conventional solar cells, corresponding to thicknesses below …
A review on chemical bath deposition of metal chalcogenide thin films ...
A review on chemical bath deposition of metal ...
Cu2SnS3 based thin film solar cells from chemical spray pyrolysis
Introduction. Thin film photovoltaics technology is currently dominated by the p-type Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se) 2 semiconductor, which when imbedded as an absorber layer, produces up to 22.9% efficient solar cells [1,2]. However, the high costs of In and Ga suggest to pursue for alternative materials with cheaper elements, such as Zn and Sn.
Nanoscale Chemical Analysis of Thin Film Solar Cell Interfaces …
Zn(O,S) is a promising candidate to replace the commonly used CdS buffer layer for Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS) thin-film solar cells due to its non-toxicity and its potential to …
A review of thin film solar cell technologies and challenges
The three major thin film solar cell technologies include amorphous silicon (α-Si), copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS), and cadmium telluride (CdTe). In this …
Thin-film solar cell
Thin-film solar cells are a type of solar cell made by depositing one or more thin layers (thin films or TFs) of photovoltaic material onto a substrate, such as glass, plastic or …
Increased upconversion performance for thin film solar cells: a trimolecular composition
Photochemical upconversion based on triplet–triplet annihilation (TTA-UC) is employed to enhance the short-circuit currents generated by two varieties of thin-film solar cells, a hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) solar cell and a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSC). TTA-UC is exploited to harvest transmitt
Perovskite Solar Cells
Perovskite Solar Cells
Defect Control for 12.5% Efficiency Cu2ZnSnSe4 Kesterite Thin‐Film ...
Kesterite-based Cu 2 ZnSn(S,Se) 4 semiconductors are emerging as promising materials for low-cost, environment-benign, and high-efficiency thin-film photovoltaics. However, the current state-of-the-art Cu 2 ZnSn(S,Se) 4 devices suffer from cation-disordering defects and defect clusters, which generally result in severe potential …
Preparation and optical properties of nanostructure thin films
Thin films are basic components of many types of optoelectronic devices such as thin-film solar cells, planar light-emitting diodes, and photodetectors. The preparation of nanostructured films can optimize the photoelectric properties of the films, improving the performance of optoelectronic devices, and has, therefore, received intense …
Performance improvement of Sb2Se3 thin-film solar cells through ...
Antimony selenide (Sb2Se3) is a promising photovoltaic thin-film absorber material that has been widely studied in recent years. In Sb2Se3 thin-film solar cells, cadmium sulfide (CdS) is generally used for the fabrication of electron collection layers because of its high electron affinity, electronic mobility, and environmental stability. This …
Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Fundamentals and Current Status
Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Fundamentals and Current ...
Surface chemical polishing and passivation minimize non …
Chemical polishing of Sn–Pb perovskite film surface with BDA. ... Zhou, Z. et al. Methylamine-gas-induced defect-healing behavior of CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 thin films for …
Photovoltaic Technology: The Case for Thin-Film …
Hydrogenated amorphous silicon was introduced as a material with a potential for semiconductor devices in the mid-1970s and is the first thin-film solar cell material that has reached the stage of …
Flexible kesterite thin-film solar cells under stress
Kesterite CZTSSe thin-film solar cells have reached power conversion efficiencies (PCE) of 12.6% with a two-step hydrazine-based non-vacuum fabrication …
Next-generation applications for integrated perovskite solar cells
Next-generation applications for integrated perovskite solar ...
Chemical Etching of Zinc Oxide for Thin-Film Silicon Solar Cells
1. Introduction. Thin-film silicon solar cells rely on light trapping to improve their conversion efficiency from light to electrical energy. Often this is achieved by textured surfaces that scatter the light efficiently into the absorber layer.
Novel Ag-based thin film solar cells: concept, materials, and ...
Novel Ag-based thin film solar cells have attracted extensive attention in recent years in the photovoltaic (PV) field due to their outstanding properties like a high light absorption coefficient, low toxicity, abundance, and an appropriate band gap. ... College of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Institute of Surface Micro and Nano ...
Rapid thermal evaporation for cadmium selenide thin-film solar cells …
Cadmium selenide (CdSe) belongs to the binary II-VI group semiconductor with a direct bandgap of ∼1.7 eV. The suitable bandgap, high stability, and low manufacturing cost make CdSe an extraordinary candidate as the top cell material in silicon-based tandem solar cells. However, only a few studies have focused on CdSe thin-film …
A review of primary technologies of thin-film solar cells
Thin-film solar cell (TFSC) is a 2nd generation technology, made by employing single or multiple thin layers of PV elements on a glass, plastic, or metal substrate. ... Sb 2 Se 3 (antimony triselenide)-based solar cell contains a chemical composite with Sb 2 Se 3 formula. The element exists as the sulfosalt mineral …
A Review on the Fundamental Properties of Sb2Se3-Based Thin Film Solar ...
A Review on the Fundamental Properties of Sb 2 Se 3
Emerging Chalcogenide Thin Films for Solar Energy Harvesting Devices | Chemical …
Chalcogenide semiconductors offer excellent optoelectronic properties for their use in solar cells, exemplified by the commercialization of Cu(In,Ga)Se2- and CdTe-based photovoltaic technologies. Recently, several other chalcogenides have emerged as promising photoabsorbers for energy harvesting through the conversion of solar energy …
Emerging Chalcogenide Thin Films for Solar Energy Harvesting Devices
Chalcogenide semiconductors offer excellent optoelectronic properties for their use in solar cells, exemplified by the commercialization of Cu(In,Ga)Se2- and CdTe-based photovoltaic technologies. Recently, several other chalcogenides have emerged as promising photoabsorbers for energy harvesting through the conversion of solar energy …
Effect of urchin-like gold nanoparticles in organic thin-film solar cells
In this study, urchin-like gold nanoparticles (UL-AuNPs) are used in the fabrication of organic thin-film solar cells (OSCs). UL-AuNPs, which have gold nanothorns on their surface, enhance light accumulation by acting as light-trapping materials. This is due to the enhanced electric field and light scatterin
Precise Preparation of CdS Thin Films for Efficient Sb
In this work, CdS thin films were prepared by chemical bath deposition (CBD) and Sb 2 S 3–y Se y thin films were prepared by a hydrothermal method. Solar cells with the architecture of FTO/CdS/Sb 2 S 3–y Se y /spiro-OMeTAD/Au were fabricated to evaluate the quality of CdS thin films as the electron transport layer.The precise preparation strategy …
Self-assembled monolayers as emerging hole-selective ...
Beyond traditional PVs based on crystalline silicon, solution-processed thin-film solar cells (TFSCs) demonstrate significant benefits in simple, cost-effective procedures compatible with various substrates. 1 Recently, the most well-known developed solution-processed TFSCs are organic solar cells (OSCs) and organic–inorganic hybrid …
