Recent progress in defective TiO2 photocatalysts for energy and environmental applications

Z Li, S Wang, J Wu, W Zhou - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent decades, TiO 2 nanomaterial photocatalysts for energy and environmental
applications have attracted extensive research interest. However, the main bottlenecks are …

[HTML][HTML] Surface defect engineering of metal oxides photocatalyst for energy application and water treatment

P Raizada, V Soni, A Kumar, P Singh, AAP Khan… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite metal oxides offer excellent characteristics in the field of photocatalysis, they often
suffer from charge carrier recombination as well as limited visible response, which indeed …

Defect-mediated electron–hole separation in semiconductor photocatalysis

W Zhou, H Fu - Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Defects play important roles in semiconductor photocatalysis, which not only can act as
active sites but also serve as recombination centers for electrons and holes. The rational …

State-of-the-art passivation strategies of c-Si for photovoltaic applications: A review

SP Muduli, P Kale - Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 2023 - Elsevier
The carrier recombination is a major bottleneck in enhancing the power conversion
efficiency of first-generation solar cells. As a remedy, passivation minimizes the …

Gallium‐doped silicon for high‐efficiency commercial passivated emitter and rear solar cells

NE Grant, PP Altermatt, T Niewelt, R Post… - Solar …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Czochralski‐grown gallium‐doped silicon wafers are now a mainstream substrate for
commercial passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC) devices and allow retention of …

Phenolic compounds degradation: Insight into the role and evidence of oxygen vacancy defects engineering on nanomaterials

A Kumar, P Raizada, AAP Khan, VH Nguyen… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Oxygen vacancy as a typical point defect has incited substantial interest in photocatalysis
due to its profound impact on optical absorption response and facile isolation of …

[HTML][HTML] Lifetime instabilities in gallium doped monocrystalline PERC silicon solar cells

NE Grant, JR Scowcroft, AI Pointon, M Al-Amin… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Gallium doped silicon is an industrially viable alternative to boron doped silicon for
photovoltaics, and is assumed to be immune from light-induced degradation. We have …

Development of passivating edge shingle modules with right cut, new loss evaluation and liquid-based edge passivation strategy

X Wang, X Zhang, Y Bai, W Li, B Chen, J Guo… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Shingle interconnected cells and high-performance silicon solar cells are the main
technologies applied for the development of next-generation Photovoltaic (PV) …

[HTML][HTML] Copper iodide interlayer for improved charge extraction and stability of inverted perovskite solar cells

D Saranin, P Gostischev, D Tatarinov, I Ermanova… - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
Nickel oxide (NiO) is one of the most promising and high-performing Hole Transporting
Layer (HTL) in inverted perovskite solar cells due to ideal band alignment with perovskite …

[HTML][HTML] Graphene oxide films for field effect surface passivation of silicon for solar cells

M Vaqueiro-Contreras, C Bartlam, RS Bonilla… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
In recent years it has been shown that graphene oxide (GO) can be used to passivate silicon
surfaces resulting in increased photocurrents in metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) …