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Morphology stabilization strategies for small-molecule bulk heterojunction photovoltaics

Kevin Sivula, Liang Yao, Xavier Adrian Jeanbourquin, Simon Hänni, Arvindh Sekar, Emilie Aude Marie Ripaud, Muhammad Aiman Bin Rahmanudin Hamdan

The greater crystallinity of solution-processed small-molecule organic semiconductors, compared to their polymer counterparts, renders the bulk heterojunction (BHJ) more susceptible to phase separation under thermal stress, decreasing device performance. H ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2017

Strategies for Doped Nanocrystalline Silicon Integration in Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells

Christophe Ballif, Aïcha Hessler-Wyser, Antoine Descoeudres, Jonas Geissbühler, Gizem Nogay, Stefaan De Wolf, Martin Ledinsky, Martial Duchamp, Johannes Peter Seif, Simon Hänni

Carrier collection in silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells is usually achieved by doped amorphous silicon layers of a few nanometers, deposited at opposite sides of the crystalline silicon wafer. These layers are often defect-rich, resulting in modest ...

Ieee-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc2016

Quantification of Valleys of Randomly Textured Substrates as a Function of Opening Angle: Correlation to the Defect Density in Intrinsic nc-Si:H

Jan-Willem Alexander Schüttauf, Simon Hänni

Optical and electrical properties of hydrogenated nanocrystalline silicon (nc-Si:H) solar cells are strongly influenced by the morphology of underlying substrates. By texturing the substrates, the photogenerated current of nc-Si:H solar cells can increase ...

Amer Chemical Soc2016

Microcrystalline Silicon for High-Efficiency Thin-Film Photovoltaic Devices

Simon Hänni

EPFL2014

High-efficiency microcrystalline silicon single-junction solar cells

Christophe Ballif, Matthieu Despeisse, Jordi Escarre Palou, Mathieu Gérard Boccard, Grégory Bugnon, Gaetano Parascandolo, Simon Hänni

This short communication highlights our latest results towards high-efficiency microcrystalline silicon single-junction solar cells. By combining adequate cell design with high-quality material, a new world record efficiency was achieved for single-junctio ...

Wiley-Blackwell2013

A New View of Microcrystalline Silicon: The Role of Plasma Processing in Achieving a Dense and Stable Absorber Material for Photovoltaic Applications

Christophe Ballif, Matthieu Despeisse, Grégory Bugnon, Thomas Söderström, Gaetano Parascandolo, Peter Cuony, Jakub Holovsky, Simon Hänni

To further lower production costs and increase conversion efficiency of thin-film silicon solar modules, challenges are the deposition of high-quality microcrystalline silicon (μc-Si:H) at an increased rate and on textured substrates that guarantee efficie ...

2012