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Recombination at metal/semiconductor interfaces represents the main limitation in mainstream c-Si solar cells, primarily based on the passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC) concept. Full-area passivating contacts based on SiOx/poly-Si stacks are a candida ...
EPFL2024Enhanced performance of perovskite solar cell via up-conversion YLiF4:Yb, Er nanoparticles
Mounir Driss Mensi, Masaud Hassan S Almalki, Anwar Qasem M Alanazi
We report a simple and effective method for producing lanthanide ion-doped lithium-fluoride-based nanocrystals (YLiF4). We utilized those nanoparticles for up-conversion in fabricated perovskite solar cells. The obtained results shows that the up-conversio ...
Elsevier2024III-N blue-emitting epi-structures with high densities of dislocations: Fundamental mechanisms for efficiency improvement and applications
Since the dawn of humanity, human beings seeked to light their surroundings for their well-being, security and development. The efficiency of ancient lighting devices, e.g. oil lamps or candles, was in the order of 0.03-0.04% and jumped to 0.4-0.6% with th ...
EPFL2024Durable Perovskite Solar Cells with 24.5% Average Efficiency: The Role of Rigid Conjugated Core in Molecular Semiconductors
Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Peng Wang, Ming Ren
Efficient and robust n-i-p perovskite solar cells necessitate superior organic hole-transport materials with both mechanical and electronic prowess. Deciphering the structure-property relationship of these materials is crucial for practical perovskite sola ...
Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2024Font Side Solutions for c-Si Solar Cells with High-Temperature Passivating Contacts
In this work, we studied the potential of using thin films deposited by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) for two main purposes: introducing an n-type passivating contact at the front of a TOPCon solar cell, or simplifying the fabrication o ...
EPFL2024Shortwave Infrared-Sensitive, Narrowband Organic Upconversion Devices with a Gain
Sensing and imaging of light in the shortwave infrared (SWIR) range is increasingly used in various fields, including bio-imaging, remote sensing, and semiconductor process control. SWIR-sensitive organic photodetectors (OPDs) are promising because organic ...
EPFL2024Supramolecular interactions using β-cyclodextrin in controlling perovskite solar cell performance
Kevin Sivula, Jun Ho Yum, Parnian Ferdowsi, Jiyoun Seo
In the context of perovskite solar cells (PSCs), enhancing device performance often involves adding a small excess of lead iodide (PbI2) to the precursor solution. However, the presence of unreacted PbI2 can lead to accelerated degradation compromising lon ...
Royal Soc Chemistry2024Dataset to accompany publication "Best practices in measuring absorption at the macro- and microscale"
Giulia Tagliabue, Fateme Kiani Shahvandi, Alan Richard Bowman, Jiaming Ma
This dataset accompanies the publication "Best practices in measuring absorption at the macro- and microscale" published in APL Photonics. The data can be used to reproduce original plots in figures 1-4 in the main text and all original plots in the suppor ...
Zenodo2024Machine Learning for Screening Small Molecules as Passivation Materials for Enhanced Perovskite Solar Cells
Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Bin Ding, Xianfu Zhang, Bo Chen, Chaohui Li, Yan Liu
Utilization of small molecules as passivation materials for perovskite solar cells (PSCs) has gained significant attention recently, with hundreds of small molecules demonstrating passivation effects. In this study, a high-accuracy machine learning model i ...
Weinheim2024Enhancing Efficiency of Industrially-Compatible Monolithic Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells with Dually-Mixed Self-Assembled Monolayers
Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Peng Gao, Ye Yang, Chaohui Li
The antisolvent-assisted spin-coating still lags behind the thermal evaporation method in fabricating perovskite films atop industrially textured silicon wafers in making monolithic perovskite/silicon solar cells (P/S-TSCs). The inhomogeneity of hole-selec ...
Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2024