The rising energy demand has started to overwhelm the existing power generating plants in
South Africa. Also, the conventional electricity generating plants are largely responsible for …

Among the armoury of photovoltaic materials, thin film heterojunction photovoltaics continue
to be a promising candidate for solar energy conversion delivering a vast scope in terms of …

Ambient energy harvesting has great potential to contribute to sustainable development and
address growing environmental challenges. Converting waste energy from energy-intensive …

Pyrite-phase iron sulfide (FeS2) nanocrystals were synthesized to form solvent-based
dispersions, or “solar paint,” to fabricate photovoltaic devices (PVs). Nanocrystals were …

One of the crucial points in the production of CdTe solar cells is the insertion of copper in the
back contact and in the absorber. As demonstrated by the top performing devices presented …

Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) thin films have been firstly deposited on heating quartz
substrates by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) method using one-step process. The results of …

Despite the slow efficiency development, Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4 still is a promising absorber
material for solar cells for its easy and low cost way of fabrication and the abundance of its …

An approach to low-cost production of Cu (In, Ga) Se 2 (CIGS) solar cells based on pulsed
electron deposition (PED) has achieved a crucial milestone. Lab-scale solar cells with …

In this article, we report the growth of Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) films using a pulsed-laser
deposition technique, to use as a counter electrode (CE) for dye-sensitized solar cells …

Highly ordered TiO2 NT arrays were easily decorated with CdSe via RF magnetron
sputtering. After deposition thermal annealing at different temperatures was performed to …