Design and simulation of highly efficient CZTS/CZTSSe based thin-film solar cell [PDF]
HeliyonThin-film solar cells are a substitute for more common crystalline silicon solar cells, which consist of thin semiconductor layers. Thin-film materials comprise direct bandgap and can absorb sunlight more efficiently than silicon.
Nabila Jahan +2 more
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ANNEALING OF POLYCRYSTALLINE THIN FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS IN WATER VAPOUR AT SUB-ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURES [PDF]
Acta Polytechnica, 2014 Thin film polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) solar cells were annealed in water vapour at pressures below atmospheric pressure. PN junction of the sample was contacted by measuring probes directly in the pressure chamber filled with steam during ...
Peter Pikna +3 more
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Research on Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (CIGS) Thin-Film Solar Cells [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 As a new-style solar cell, copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film solar cell owns excellent characteristics of solar energy absorption, and it is one of the widely used thin-film solar cells. This paper mainly focuses on the research progress of
Zhou Jixiang, Li Changyu
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Recent advances and new research trends in Sb2S3 thin film based solar cells
Journal of Science: Advanced Materials and Devices, 2023 Although many environmentally friendly and non-toxic materials have been investigated for photovoltaic conversion (PVC) applications, Sb2S3 is the material of choice as an absorber in thin-film solar cells due to its broad-band optical response and ...
Mohaiyadeen Aliyar Farhana +2 more
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Albedo‐Enabled Enhanced Energy Harvesting via GaAs Bifacial Thin‐Film Solar Cells
Advanced Photonics Research, 2022 In addition to direct solar illumination to the photovoltaic cell, the albedo effect provides a unique opportunity to enhance energy harvesting. However, conventional solar cells are inefficient albedo energy harvesters because the rear side of the cell ...
Zhang Xing +9 more
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Enhancing light reflective properties on ITO glass by plasmonic effect of silver nanoparticles
Results in Physics, 2017 The preparation of well-defined silver (Ag) nanoparticle arrays is reported in this paper. Ag nanoparticles are electrodeposited on Indium tin oxide (ITO) coated glass substrates at 30 °C. The size, shape and periodicity of the Ag nanoparticle arrays are
Dezhong Zhang, Yang Tang
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Accuracy of defect distributions measured by bias dependent admittance spectroscopy on thin film solar cells [PDF]
, 2011 Thin film solar cells have achieved efficiencies up to 20%. Despite these excellent results, the understanding of the underlying mechanisms and the influence of defects on their performance is still incomplete. In thin film solar cells often defect level
Burgelman, Marc +2 more
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Facial Recognition Method Based on Thin-Film Solar Cells
Applied Sciences, 2022 In this study, we developed a new facial recognition system using thin-film solar cells as sensors. When the face of a user is illuminated by LED lights on the left and right sides of the system and the reflected light enters the cells at the ...
Ruei-Tang Chen, Fong-Long Wu
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Review on Alkali Element Doping in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Thin Films and Solar Cells
Engineering, 2017 This paper reviews the development history of alkali element doping on Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS) solar cells and summarizes important achievements that have been made in this field.
Yun Sun +6 more
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Simulation of Thin-Film Solar Cells with a CuInSe2 Chalcopyrite Structure
Известия высших учебных заведений и энергетических объединенний СНГ: Энергетика, 2020 By using numerical simulation, the operating temperatures of a thin-film solar cell based on CuInSe2 have been determined and the solar radiation density values, at which stabilization of the temperature operating conditions of the thin-film solar cell ...
A. K. Esman +3 more
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