scholarly journals Influences of InGaP Conical Frustum Nanostructures on the Characteristics of GaAs Solar Cells

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen Dinh Lam ◽  
Youngjo Kim ◽  
Kangho Kim ◽  
Jaejin Lee
Keyword(s):  
Refractive Index ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Power Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Window Layer ◽  
Gradual Change ◽  
Single Junction ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Photovoltaic Characteristics ◽  
Lithography Technique

Conical frustums with quasihexagonal nanostructures are fabricated on an InGaP window layer of single junction GaAs solar cells using a polystyrene nanosphere lithography technique followed by anisotropic etching processes. The optical and photovoltaic characteristics of the conical frustum nanostructured solar cells are investigated. Reflectance of the conical frustum nanostructured solar cells is significantly reduced in a wide range of wavelengths compared to that of the planar sample. The measured reflectance reduction is attributed to the gradual change in the refractive index of the InGaP conical frustum window layer. An increase of 15.2% in the power conversion efficiency has been achieved in the fabricated cell with an optimized conical frustum nanostructure compared to that of the planar cell.

Incident-angle-controlled semitransparent colored perovskite solar cells with improved efficiency exploiting a multilayer dielectric mirror

Nanoscale ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (37) ◽  
pp. 13983-13989 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyu-Tae Lee ◽  
Ji-Yun Jang ◽  
Sang Jin Park ◽  
Song Ah Ok ◽  
Hui Joon Park
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Visible Light ◽  
Power Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Incident Angle ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Perovskite Solar Cells ◽  
Dielectric Mirror ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Multilayer Dielectric

See-through colored perovskite solar cells that exploit a dielectric mirror are demonstrated. The dielectric mirror strongly reflects a wide range of visible light back to a photoactive layer for efficient light-harvesting, yielding 10.12% power conversion efficiency, with iridescent semitransparent colors.

scholarly journals Wide-Range Enhancement of Spectral Response by Highly Conductive and Transparentμc-SiOx:H Doped Layers inμc-Si:H and a-Si:H/μc-Si:H Thin-Film Solar Cells

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Pei-Ling Chen ◽  
Po-Wei Chen ◽  
Min-Wen Hsiao ◽  
Cheng-Hang Hsu ◽  
Chuang-Chuang Tsai
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Spectral Response ◽  
Wavelength Region ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Window Layer ◽  
Efficiency Gain ◽  
Silicon Thin Film ◽  
Single Junction ◽  
Wide Range

The enhancement of optical absorption of silicon thin-film solar cells by the p- and n-typeμc-SiOx:H as doped and functional layers was presented. The effects of deposition conditions and oxygen content on optical, electrical, and structural properties ofμc-SiOx:H films were also discussed. Regarding the dopedμc-SiOx:H films, the wide optical band gap (E04) of 2.33 eV while maintaining a high conductivity of 0.2 S/cm could be obtained with oxygen incorporation of 20 at.%. Compared to the conventionalμc-Si:H(p) as window layer inμc-Si:H single-junction solar cells, the application ofμc-SiOx:H(p) increased theVOCand led to a significant enhancement in the short-wavelength spectral response. Meanwhile, the employment ofμc-SiOx:H(n) instead of conventional ITO as back reflecting layer (BRL) enhanced the external quantum efficiency (EQE) ofμc-Si:H single-junction cell in the long-wavelength region, leading to a relative efficiency gain of 10%. Compared to the reference cell, the optimized a-Si:H/μc-Si:H tandem cell by applying p- and n-typeμc-SiOx:H films achieved aVOCof 1.37 V,JSCof 10.55 mA/cm2, FF of 73.67%, and efficiency of 10.51%, which was a relative enhancement of 16%.

scholarly journals Polymer Solar Cells: Single-Junction Polymer Solar Cells Exceeding 10% Power Conversion Efficiency (Adv. Mater. 6/2015)

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 1132-1132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing-De Chen ◽  
Chaohua Cui ◽  
Yan-Qing Li ◽  
Lei Zhou ◽  
Qing-Dong Ou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Power Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Polymer Solar Cells ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Single Junction

Single-Junction Polymer Solar Cells Exceeding 10% Power Conversion Efficiency

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 1035-1041 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing-De Chen ◽  
Chaohua Cui ◽  
Yan-Qing Li ◽  
Lei Zhou ◽  
Qing-Dong Ou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Power Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Polymer Solar Cells ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Single Junction

Semitransparent solar cells with over 12% efficiency based on a new low bandgap fluorinated small molecule acceptor

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (11) ◽  
pp. 2483-2490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mei Luo ◽  
Chunyan Zhao ◽  
Jun Yuan ◽  
Jiefeng Hai ◽  
Fangfang Cai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Power Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Small Molecule ◽  
High Power ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
High Power Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Single Junction ◽  
Low Bandgap

Y14-based single-junction semitransparent inverted OSCs achieved a high power conversion efficiency of 12.67%.

A thiourea additive-based quadruple cation lead halide perovskite with an ultra-large grain size for efficient perovskite solar cells

Nanoscale ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (45) ◽  
pp. 21824-21833 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jyoti V. Patil ◽  
Sawanta S. Mali ◽  
Chang Kook Hong
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Grain Size ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Power Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Perovskite Solar Cells ◽  
Inorganic Perovskite ◽  
Halide Perovskite ◽  
Lead Halide

Controlling the grain size of the organic–inorganic perovskite thin films using thiourea additives now crossing 2 μm size with >20% power conversion efficiency.

The Effect of Donor Molecular Structure on Power Conversion Efficiency of Small-Molecule-Based Organic Solar Cells

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 236-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Zhang ◽  
Yibing Ma ◽  
Youyi Sun ◽  
Jialei Liu ◽  
Yaqing Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Structure ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Power Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Small Molecule ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Molecular Design ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
The Relationship

In this review, small-molecule donors for application in organic solar cells reported in the last three years are highlighted. Especially, the effect of donor molecular structure on power conversion efficiency of organic solar cells is reported in detail. Furthermore, the mechanism is proposed and discussed for explaining the relationship between structure and power conversion efficiency. These results and discussions draw some rules for rational donor molecular design, which is very important for further improving the power conversion efficiency of organic solar cells based on the small-molecule donor.

scholarly journals High performance tandem organic solar cells via a strongly infrared-absorbing narrow bandgap acceptor

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhenrong Jia ◽  
Shucheng Qin ◽  
Lei Meng ◽  
Qing Ma ◽  
Indunil Angunawela ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Power Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
High Power Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Device Structure ◽  
Narrow Bandgap

AbstractTandem organic solar cells are based on the device structure monolithically connecting two solar cells to broaden overall absorption spectrum and utilize the photon energy more efficiently. Herein, we demonstrate a simple strategy of inserting a double bond between the central core and end groups of the small molecule acceptor Y6 to extend its conjugation length and absorption range. As a result, a new narrow bandgap acceptor BTPV-4F was synthesized with an optical bandgap of 1.21 eV. The single-junction devices based on BTPV-4F as acceptor achieved a power conversion efficiency of over 13.4% with a high short-circuit current density of 28.9 mA cm−2. With adopting BTPV-4F as the rear cell acceptor material, the resulting tandem devices reached a high power conversion efficiency of over 16.4% with good photostability. The results indicate that BTPV-4F is an efficient infrared-absorbing narrow bandgap acceptor and has great potential to be applied into tandem organic solar cells.

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