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Van der Waals Materials for Atomically-Thin Photovoltaics: Promise and Outlook [PDF]
Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors provide a unique opportunity for optoelectronics due to their layered atomic structure, electronic and optical properties.
Atwater, Harry A.+3 more
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Enhancing the Efficiency of Organic Photovoltaics by a Photoactive Molecular Mediator [PDF]
High boiling-point solvent additives, such as 1,8-diiodooctane, have been widely used to tune nanoscale phase morphology for increased efficiency in bulk heterojunction organic solar cells.
Brady, MA+6 more
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Solution-processed bilayer photovoltaic devices with nematic liquid crystals [PDF]
The cross-linking of polymerisable liquid crystalline semiconductors is a promising approach to solution-processable, multilayer, organic photovoltaics. Here we demonstrate an organic bilayer photovoltaic with an insoluble electron-donating layer formed ...
AlKhalifah, Manea S.+5 more
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Organic / IV, III-V Semiconductor Hybrid Solar Cells
We present a review of the emerging class of hybrid solar cells based on organic-semiconductor (Group IV, III-V), nanocomposites, which states separately from dye synthesized, polymer-metal oxides and organic-inorganic (Group II-VI) nanocomposite ...
Pang-Leen Ong, Igor A. Levitsky
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Integrating photovoltaic cells into decorative architectural glass using traditonal glasspainting techniques and fluorescent dyes [PDF]
Photovoltaic cells can be integrated into decorative glass, providing a showcase for this renewable technology, whilst assisting in the creation of sustainable architecture through generation of electricity from the building surface.
Hardy, DA, Richards, BS, Roaf, SC
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Interface engineering is still an open question to be solved in the emerging field of metal halide perovskite solar cells. Although impressive advances have been already made in controlling the composition and the quality of the active layer, stability ...
Silvia Colodrero
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Using multiple light-absorbing materials to realize a broader and better absorption spectrum in multi-component organic photovoltaics has achieved significant success to obtain high power conversion efficiency.
Zichun Zhou, Shengjie Xu, Xiaozhang Zhu
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Multiscale approaches to high efficiency photovoltaics [PDF]
While renewable energies are achieving parity around the globe, efforts to reach higher solar cell efficiencies becomes ever more difficult as they approach the limiting efficiency.
Connolly, J. P.+5 more
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19.2% Efficient InP Heterojunction Solar Cell with Electron-Selective TiO2 Contact. [PDF]
We demonstrate an InP heterojunction solar cell employing an ultrathin layer (∼10 nm) of amorphous TiO2 deposited at 120 °C by atomic layer deposition as the transparent electron-selective contact.
Battaglia, Corsin+8 more
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Organic photovoltaics: The current challenges
Organic photovoltaics are remarkably close to reaching a landmark power conversion efficiency of 20%. Given the current urgent concerns regarding climate change, research into renewable energy solutions is crucially important. In this perspective article, we highlight several key aspects of organic photovoltaics, ranging from fundamental understanding ...
William Lowrie+5 more
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