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Unveiling the Dual Impact of CuI Layer and Se Content in Sb2(S, Se)3 Photocathodes for Solar Water Splitting

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Solar RRL Pub Date : 2024-12-04 DOI: 10.1002/solr.202470231

Hao Zhe Chun, Stener Lie, Mahmoud G. Ahmed, Lydia H. Wong

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A Broadband Light-Trapping Nanostructure for InGaP/GaAs Dual-Junction Solar Cells Using Nanosphere Lithography-Assisted Chemical Etching

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Solar RRL Pub Date : 2024-11-27 DOI: 10.1002/solr.202470213

Shang-Hsuan Wu, Gabriel Cossio, Daniel Derkacs, Edward T. Yu

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Ordered Vacancy Compound Formation at the Interface of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Absorber with Sputtered In2S3-Based Buffers: An Atomic-Scale Perspective

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Solar RRL Pub Date : 2024-11-24 DOI: 10.1002/solr.202400574

Oana Cojocaru-Mirédin, Dimitrios Hariskos, Wolfram Hempel, Ana Kanevce, Xiaowei Jin, Jens Keutgen, Mohit Raghuwanshi, Reinhard Schneider, Roland Scheer, Dagmar Gerthsen, Wolfram Witte

{"title":"Ordered Vacancy Compound Formation at the Interface of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Absorber with Sputtered In2S3-Based Buffers: An Atomic-Scale Perspective","authors":"Oana Cojocaru-Mirédin, Dimitrios Hariskos, Wolfram Hempel, Ana Kanevce, Xiaowei Jin, Jens Keutgen, Mohit Raghuwanshi, Reinhard Schneider, Roland Scheer, Dagmar Gerthsen, Wolfram Witte","doi":"10.1002/solr.202400574","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202400574","url":null,"abstract":"The design of a Cd-free and wider-bandgap buffer layer is stringent for future Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGSe) thin-film solar cell applications. For that, an In2S3 buffer layer alloyed with a limited amount of O (well below 25 mol%) has been proposed as a pertinent alternative solution to CdS or Zn(O,S) buffers. However, the chemical stability of the In2S3/CIGSe heterointerface when O is added is not completely clear. Therefore, in this work, the buffer/absorber interface for a series of sputter-deposited In2S3 buffers with and without O is investigated. It is found that the solar cell with the highest open-circuit voltage is obtained for the O-free In2S3 buffer sputtered at 220 °C. This improved open-circuit voltage could be explained by the presence of a 20 nm-thick ordered vacancy compound (OVC) at the absorber surface. A much thinner OVC layer (5 nm) or even the absence of this layer is found for the cell with In2(O0.25S0.75)3 buffer layer where O is inserted. The volume fraction of the OVC layer is directly linked with the magnitude of Cu diffusion from the CIGSe surface into the In2(OxS1−x)3 buffer layer. The O addition strongly reduces the Cu diffusion inside the buffer layer up to complete suppression for very high O contents in the buffer. Finally, it is discussed that the presence of the OVC layer may lower the valence band maximum, thereby forming a hole barrier, suppressing charge carrier recombination at the In2(OxS1−x)3/CIGSe interface, which could result in an increased open-circuit voltage.","PeriodicalId":230,"journal":{"name":"Solar RRL","volume":"8 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/solr.202400574","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142869119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Emerging Bi-Based Multicationic Ternary Chalcogenides as Promising Photoabsorbers for Solar Cells

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Solar RRL Pub Date : 2024-11-19 DOI: 10.1002/solr.202400662

S. Akhil, Dong-Won Kang, Hyosung Choi, R. Geetha Balakrishna

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UV-Induced Degradation of Industrial PERC, TOPCon, and HJT Solar Cells: The Next Big Reliability Challenge?

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Solar RRL Pub Date : 2024-11-17 DOI: 10.1002/solr.202400628

Fabian T. Thome, Pascal Meßmer, Sebastian Mack, Erdmut Schnabel, Florian Schindler, Wolfram Kwapil, Martin C. Schubert

{"title":"UV-Induced Degradation of Industrial PERC, TOPCon, and HJT Solar Cells: The Next Big Reliability Challenge?","authors":"Fabian T. Thome, Pascal Meßmer, Sebastian Mack, Erdmut Schnabel, Florian Schindler, Wolfram Kwapil, Martin C. Schubert","doi":"10.1002/solr.202400628","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202400628","url":null,"abstract":"With the surge of UV-transparent module encapsulants in the photovoltaic industry aiming to boost quantum efficiency, modern silicon solar cells must now inherently withstand UV exposure. UV-induced degradation (UVID) of nonencapsulated laboratory and industrial solar cells from several manufacturers is investigated. Passivated emitter rear contact (PERC), tunnel oxide passivating contact (TOPCon), and silicon heterojunction (HJT) cells can suffer from severe implied voltage degradation (>20 mV) after UV exposure relating to 3.8 years of module installation in the Negev desert. Front UV-exposure causes more performance loss than an equal rear dose. This is connected to a higher UV transmission of the cell layers outside the bulk, indicating the photons need to reach the silicon surface to induce damage. Current–voltage measurements of the TOPCon groups most sensitive to UV degradation show more than 7%rel efficiency loss with the Voc as the main contributor. For two TOPCon groups, dark storage for 14 days after UV exposure causes an additional voltage drop on a similar scale as the UV damage itself, impeding straightforward reliability testing. UVID appears to be a complex process general to all dominant cell architectures with the potential to diminish efforts in efficiency optimization within only a few years of field employment.","PeriodicalId":230,"journal":{"name":"Solar RRL","volume":"8 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/solr.202400628","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142868569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Conducting Polymers and Thermosensitive Hydrogels for Green Electricity Generation

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Solar RRL Pub Date : 2024-11-17 DOI: 10.1002/solr.202400661

Núria Borràs, Júlia Mingot, David Naranjo, Sonia Lanzalaco, Francesc Estrany, Juan Torras, Elaine Armelin

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Is Shunt Quenching Relevant to Minimize Shunt Losses in Perovskite–Silicon Tandem Solar Cells?

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Solar RRL Pub Date : 2024-11-16 DOI: 10.1002/solr.202400571

Andreas Fell, Martin Bivour, Christoph Messmer, Martin Hermle

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Light-Emitting Perovskite Solar Cells: Genesis to Recent Drifts 发光的 Perovskite 太阳能电池：从起源到最新发展

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Solar RRL Pub Date : 2024-11-12 DOI: 10.1002/solr.202400652

Syed Afaq Ali Shah, Muhammad Hassan Sayyad, Zhongyi Guo

{"title":"Light-Emitting Perovskite Solar Cells: Genesis to Recent Drifts","authors":"Syed Afaq Ali Shah, Muhammad Hassan Sayyad, Zhongyi Guo","doi":"10.1002/solr.202400652","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202400652","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Perovskite, a star material with extraordinary opto-electronic properties has shown promising results in both perovskite solar cells (PSCs) and perovskite light-emitting diodes (PeLEDs). Taking advantage of the similar configuration of PSCs and PeLEDs, next generation devices with dual functionality of light-harvesting and light-emission can be realized. Such devices hold enormous application prospects. However, the necessary tradeoff resulted from the opposite working principles required for each mode of operation and challenges such as non-radiative recombination loss resulted from bulk and surface defects in perovskite films and mismatched energy levels have hindered mass production. To provide a roadmap for rationally designing efficient light emitting perovskite solar cells (LEPSCs), a comprehensive review focusing on operating principle, device architecture, recent developments and limitations is required. We begin with a brief overview of the basic principles underlying the working mechanism of LEPSCs such as photon to electricity conversion and viceversa. The focus of this review then shift towards deligently combining and overviewing the important breakthroughs reported in this newly developed field such as morphology optimization, defect passivation, interface engineering, energy level alignment and dimensional control. Finally, this work concludes with discussing future challenges and providing a roadmap for rational design of efficient and stable LEPSCs.","PeriodicalId":230,"journal":{"name":"Solar RRL","volume":"8 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142868342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Revealing Defect Passivation and Charge Extraction by Ultrafast Spectroscopy in Perovskite Solar Cells through a Multifunctional Lewis Base Additive Approach 通过多功能路易斯碱添加剂方法，用超快光谱揭示过氧化物太阳能电池中的缺陷钝化和电荷萃取

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Solar RRL Pub Date : 2024-11-11 DOI: 10.1002/solr.202470211

Tanushree Majhi, M. Sridevi, Sanyam Jain, Mahesh Kumar, Rajiv K. Singh

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Effective Steady-State Recombination Decay Times in Comparison to Time-Resolved Photoluminescence Decay Times in Halide Perovskite Solar Cells

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Solar RRL Pub Date : 2024-11-11 DOI: 10.1002/solr.202400504

Chris Dreessen, Lidón Gil-Escrig, Markus Hülsbeck, Michele Sessolo, Henk J. Bolink, Thomas Kirchartz

{"title":"Effective Steady-State Recombination Decay Times in Comparison to Time-Resolved Photoluminescence Decay Times in Halide Perovskite Solar Cells","authors":"Chris Dreessen, Lidón Gil-Escrig, Markus Hülsbeck, Michele Sessolo, Henk J. Bolink, Thomas Kirchartz","doi":"10.1002/solr.202400504","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202400504","url":null,"abstract":"One of the key topics in perovskite solar cells is the reduction of charge carrier recombination, with the aim of increasing power conversion efficiency. The recombination lifetime is a commonly used tool, as it directly affects the current–voltage curve via the diffusion length. The lifetime is often estimated using time-domain measurement methods such as time-resolved photoluminescence. However, two obstacles emerge when applying the transiently measured decay times to the steady-state theory. In general, the decay time depends on the charge carrier concentration, and it is often not clear under which conditions the transient measurement must be conducted to be comparable with the steady-state performance of the device. Furthermore, diffusion and capacitive effects due to charge injection and extraction can influence transient techniques and cause the measured decay time to deviate from the sought-after recombination lifetime. Voltage-dependent steady-state photoluminescence measurements can be used to estimate the internal voltage during device operation and allow the extraction of collection efficiencies and effective steady-state decay times that are independent of transport and capacitive effects. Here, the differences between the steady-state and transient decay times are identified and discussed, and the losses in the current–voltage curve caused by extraction issues are quantified.","PeriodicalId":230,"journal":{"name":"Solar RRL","volume":"8 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/solr.202400504","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142868429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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