Flexible CIGS, CdTe and a-Si: H based thin film solar cells: A review

J Ramanujam, DM Bishop, TK Todorov… - Progress in Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Flexible thin film solar cells such as CIGS, CdTe, and a-Si: H have received worldwide
attention. Until now, Si solar cells dominate the photovoltaic market. Its production cost is a …

Recent advances in solar photovoltaic systems for emerging trends and advanced applications

AK Pandey, VV Tyagi, A Jeyraj, L Selvaraj… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
This communication presents a comprehensive review on the solar photovoltaic (SPV)
systems for recent advances and their emerging applications in the present and future …

Colloidal quantum dots for optoelectronics

AP Litvin, IV Martynenko, F Purcell-Milton… - Journal of Materials …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
This review is focused on new concepts and recent progress in the development of three
major quantum dot (QD) based optoelectronic devices: photovoltaic cells, photodetectors …

Past, present and future of the thin film CdTe/CdS solar cells

A Bosio, G Rosa, N Romeo - Solar Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Recently, the CdTe solar cell technology reached a high-tech level able to realize devices
showing efficiencies close to 22%. Nowadays, this technology acquires more and more …

Designing interfaces in energy materials applications with first-principles calculations

KT Butler, G Sai Gautam, P Canepa - npj Computational Materials, 2019 - nature.com
Materials for energy-related applications, which are crucial for a sustainable energy
economy, rely on combining materials that form complex heterogenous interfaces …

Analysis of Cu2ZnSnS4/CdS based photovoltaic cell: a numerical simulation approach

SR Meher, L Balakrishnan, ZC Alex - Superlattices and Microstructures, 2016 - Elsevier
In the present work, p-Cu 2 ZnSnS 4/n-CdS heterojunction solar cells have been analysed
through Solar Cell Capacitance Simulator (SCAPS). The effects of various layer parameters …

Semi-transparent solar cells

J Sun, JJ Jasieniak - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Semi-transparent solar cells are a type of technology that combines the benefits of visible
light transparency and light-to-electricity conversion. One of the biggest opportunities for …

A Progress Review on Challenges and Strategies of Flexible Cu2ZnSn(S, Se)4 Solar Cells

W Xie, Q Yan, Q Sun, Y Li, C Zhang, H Deng… - Solar …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Flexible Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) solar cells have the advantages of nontoxicity and low
cost, showing great commercial potential in wearable devices, indoor photovoltaics, and …

Identifying parasitic current pathways in CIGS solar cells by modelling dark J–V response

BL Williams, S Smit, BJ Kniknie… - Progress in …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The non‐uniform presence of shunting defects is a significant cause of poor reproducibility
across large‐area solar cells, or from batch‐to‐batch for small area cells, but the most …

Inorganic photovoltaics–planar and nanostructured devices

J Ramanujam, A Verma, B González-Díaz… - Progress in Materials …, 2016 - Elsevier
Since its invention in the 1950s, semiconductor solar cell technology has evolved in great
leaps and bounds. Solar power is now being considered as a serious leading contender for …