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Energy for sustainable rural development [PDF]

open access: yes, 1992
Rural energy in developing countries is discussed with a view to sustainable development. The project-oriented approach in rural energy which has often dominated in the past, is contrasted with an overall strategy for sustainable rural energy demand and ...
Hommes, E.W., Hulscher, W.S.
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Hybrid Organic–Inorganic Perovskite Halide Materials for Photovoltaics towards Their Commercialization

open access: yesPolymers, 2022
Hybrid organic–inorganic perovskite (HOIP) photovoltaics have emerged as a promising new technology for the next generation of photovoltaics since their first development 10 years ago, and show a high-power conversion efficiency (PCE) of about 29.3%. The
Luke Jonathan   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

In-situ investigation of the order-disorder transition in Cu2ZnSnSe4 by optical transmission spectroscopy

open access: yesAIP Advances, 2017
The existence of disorder is one possible reason for the limited performance of kesterite solar cells. Therefore further knowledge of the order-disorder phase transition, of factors which influence the degree of order and of methods to determine this ...
Christiane Stroth   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

In Situ Recrystallization of Co-Evaporated Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Thin Films by Copper Chloride Vapor Treatment towards Solar Cell Applications

open access: yesEnergies, 2021
Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (or CIGS) thin films and devices were fabricated using a modified three-stage process. Using high deposition rates and a low temperature during the process, a copper chloride vapor treatment was introduced in between the second and third ...
Deewakar Poudel   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

A contact lens with built-in display: science fiction or not? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Recent progress in microsystems integration technology such as ultra-thin chip packaging, stretchable interconnections, thin-film batteries and organic photovoltaics makes it feasible to incorporate various electronic components and transducers in ...
Cuypers, Dieter   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Pathway to oxide photovoltaics via band-structure engineering of SnO

open access: yes, 2016
The prospects of scaling current photovoltaic technologies to terawatt levels remain uncertain. All-oxide photovoltaics could open rapidly scalable manufacturing routes, if only oxide materials with suitable electronic and optical properties were ...
Bikowski, Andre   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Downshifting Encapsulant: Optical Simulation Evaluation of the Solution to Ultraviolet‐Induced Degradation in Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells

open access: yesAdvanced Energy & Sustainability Research
Ultraviolet (UV)‐induced degradation (UVID) poses a significant challenge for the prospective mass production of silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells, known for their high efficiency. In this study, the magnified impact of UV radiation when employing
Binbin Xu   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bulk and surface recombination properties in thin film semiconductors with different surface treatments from time-resolved photoluminescence measurements

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2019
The knowledge of minority carrier lifetime of a semiconductor is important for the assessment of its quality and design of electronic devices. Time-resolved photoluminescence (TRPL) measurements offer the possibility to extract effective lifetimes in the
Thomas P. Weiss   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Emergence of flexible kesterite solar cells: progress and perspectives

open access: yesnpj Flexible Electronics, 2023
Flexible photovoltaics have been and will be increasingly in demand in modern and future society in various applications. Searching for ideal flexible photovoltaic technologies that can perfectly meet these expanding demands has long been an active ...
Jianjun Li   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Simulation of nanostructure-based high-efficiency solar cells: challenges, existing approaches and future directions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Many advanced concepts for high-efficiency photovoltaic devices exploit the peculiar optoelectronic properties of semiconductor nanostructures such as quantum wells, wires and dots.
Aeberhard, Urs
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