Wide band gap semiconductors are essential for today's electronic devices and energy
applications because of their high optical transparency, controllable carrier concentration …

Control of defect processes in photovoltaic materials is essential for realizing high-efficiency
solar cells and related optoelectronic devices. Native defects and extrinsic dopants tune the …

Solution-processed metal halide perovskite semiconductors, such as CH3NH3PbI3, have
exhibited remarkable performance in solar cells, despite having non-negligible density of …

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 …

In this article, we present recent advances that we have achieved toward improving the
properties of anodically formed semiconducting TiO2 nanotubes as well as nanowire arrays …

The efficiency and steadiness of solar cells are dependent on the experimental conditions
during the fabrication of the device. In the present review, development in the last few …

The recent literature regarding the stability of CdTe/CdS photovoltaic cells (as distinguished
from modules) is reviewed. Particular emphasis is given to the role of Cu as a major factor …

The current state of knowledge on the impact of grain boundaries in CdTe solar cells is
reviewed with emphasis being placed on working cell structures. The role of the chemical …

CdTe is currently the largest thin-film photovoltaic technology. Non-radiative electron–hole
recombination reduces the solar conversion efficiency from an ideal value of 32% to a …

CdTe is one of the leading materials for high-efficiency, low-cost, and thin-film solar cells. In
this work, we review the recent first-principles study of defect properties of CdTe and present …