π-Conjugated Polymers and Their Application in Organic and Hybrid Organic-Silicon Solar Cells

SB Mdluli, ME Ramoroka, ST Yussuf, KD Modibane… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
The evolution and emergence of organic solar cells and hybrid organic-silicon
heterojunction solar cells have been deemed as promising sustainable future technologies …

Nanowires for high-efficiency, low-cost solar photovoltaics

Y Zhang, H Liu - Crystals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Solar energy is abundant, clean, and renewable, making it an ideal energy source. Solar
cells are a good option to harvest this energy. However, it is difficult to balance the cost and …

High efficiency hybrid PEDOT: PSS/nanostructured silicon Schottky junction solar cells by doping-free rear contact

Y Zhang, W Cui, Y Zhu, F Zu, L Liao, ST Lee… - Energy & Environmental …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
A high doping technique has been widely used for record-efficiency crystalline silicon (Si)
solar cells to minimize the series resistance losses and to form a back surface field …

Design of silicon nanowire array for PEDOT: PSS-silicon nanowire-based hybrid solar cell

SA Moiz, ANM Alahmadi, AJ Aljohani - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
Among various photovoltaic devices, the poly 3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene: poly
styrenesulfonate (PEDOT: PSS) and silicon nanowire (SiNW)-based hybrid solar cell is …

Hybrid silicon nanowire devices and their functional diversity

L Baraban, B Ibarlucea, E Baek… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In the pool of nanostructured materials, silicon nanostructures are known as conventionally
used building blocks of commercially available electronic devices. Their application areas …

Downshifting of highly energetic photons and energy transfer by Mn-doped perovskite CsPbCl3 nanocrystals in hybrid organic/silicon nanostructured solar cells

MF Abdelbar, M El-Kemary, N Fukata - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The downshifting of highly energetic photons in the ultraviolet region has the benefit of
extending the spectral response and decreasing the thermalization effect in Si-related solar …

High efficiency hybrid solar cells using nanocrystalline Si quantum dots and Si nanowires

M Dutta, L Thirugnanam, PV Trinh, N Fukata - ACS nano, 2015 - ACS Publications
We report on an efficient hybrid Si nanocrystal quantum dot modified radial p–n junction
thinner Si solar cell that utilizes the advantages of effective exciton collection by energy …

Energy management in hybrid organic-silicon nanostructured solar cells by downshifting using CdZnS/ZnS and CdZnSe/ZnS quantum dots

MF Abdelbar, M Abdelhameed, M Esmat, M El-Kemary… - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Management of the solar spectrum by downshifting has been a key theme in broadband
solar cell research over the last few years. The absorption of high-energy photons that …

Effect of Au@MoS2 Contacted PEDOT:PSS on Work Function of Planar Silicon Hybrid Solar Cells

J Wang, W Zhou, Q Wei, G Liu, X Yuan… - Advanced Materials …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Solar cells formed by spin‐coating organic absorber layers on silicon have attracted
widespread attention due to their simple processes and high photovoltaic conversion …

Recent progress in Si-PEDOT: PSS inorganic–organic hybrid solar cells

DY Khang - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
In this topical review, the development of Si-PEDOT: PSS inorganic–organic hybrid solar
cells is briefly summarized. After an introduction to the typical device structure and relevant …