scholarly journals Assessing the roles of Cu- and Ag-deficient layers in chalcopyrite-based solar cells through first principles calculations

2020 ◽  
Vol 127 (6) ◽  
pp. 065303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abhishek Sharan ◽  
Fernando P. Sabino ◽  
Anderson Janotti ◽  
Nicolas Gaillard ◽  
Tadashi Ogitsu ◽  
...  
Nanomaterials ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 876 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi Qian ◽  
Lei Peng ◽  
Yu Cui ◽  
Liping Sun ◽  
Jinyan Du ◽  
...  

We systematically study, by using first-principles calculations, stabilities, electronic properties, and optical properties of GexSn1-xSe alloy made of SnSe and GeSe monolayers with different Ge concentrations x = 0.0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, and 1.0. Our results show that the critical solubility temperature of the alloy is around 580 K. With the increase of Ge concentration, band gap of the alloy increases nonlinearly and ranges from 0.92 to 1.13 eV at the PBE level and 1.39 to 1.59 eV at the HSE06 level. When the Ge concentration x is more than 0.5, the alloy changes into a direct bandgap semiconductor; the band gap ranges from 1.06 to 1.13 eV at the PBE level and 1.50 to 1.59 eV at the HSE06 level, which falls within the range of the optimum band gap for solar cells. Further optical calculations verify that, through alloying, the optical properties can be improved by subtle controlling the compositions. Since GexSn1-xSe alloys with different compositions have been successfully fabricated in experiments, we hope these insights will contribute to the future application in optoelectronics.


2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (17) ◽  
pp. 8926-8942 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wan-Jian Yin ◽  
Ji-Hui Yang ◽  
Joongoo Kang ◽  
Yanfa Yan ◽  
Su-Huai Wei

First-principles calculations help to understand the fundamental mechanisms of the emerging perovskite solar cells and guide further developments.


2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (7) ◽  
pp. 4953-4961 ◽  
Author(s):  
Efracio Mamani Flores ◽  
Rogério Almeida Gouvea ◽  
Maurício Jeomar Piotrowski ◽  
Mário Lucio Moreira

We performed first-principles calculations within PBE and PBE+U approximations to study ZnO and ZnX bulk systems and ZnO/ZnX interfaces (X = S, Se or Te), to the better comprehension of charge transference through the interface.


2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (23) ◽  
pp. 5248-5254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsin-An Chen ◽  
Ming-Hsien Lee ◽  
Chun-Wei Chen

The recently emerging class of solid-state hybrid organic–inorganic perovskite-based solar cells has demonstrated remarkably high power conversion efficiencies of up to ∼20%.


2021 ◽  
pp. 95-158
Author(s):  
Jun-Peng An ◽  
Ying Tian ◽  
Hong-Tao Xue ◽  
Jun-Chen Li ◽  
Jun-Qiang Ren ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 234-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Zhang ◽  
Lei Xu ◽  
Fengxi Yu ◽  
Jingfa Li

The mechanisms of halide perovskite crystal crosslinking via molecular crosslinking agents are proposed using first principles calculations.


RSC Advances ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (13) ◽  
pp. 7356-7361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diwen Liu ◽  
Qiaohong Li ◽  
Kechen Wu

Mixed-cation lead halide perovskites have emerged as a new class of promising photovoltaic materials for perovskite solar cells.


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