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Sinusoidal nanotextures for light management in silicon thin film solar cells [PDF]

, 2016
Recent progresses in liquid phase crystallization enabled the fabrication of thin wafer quality crystalline silicon layers on low cost glass substrates enabling conversion efficiencies up to 12.1 .
Becker, C., Köppel, G., Rech, B.
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Optimization of Mo/Cr bilayer back contacts for thin-film solar cells

Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 2018
Molybdenum (Mo) is the most commonly used material as back contact in thin-film solar cells. Adhesion of Mo film to soda–lime glass (SLG) substrate is crucial to the performance of solar cells. In this study, an optimized bilayer structure made of a thin
Nima Khoshsirat, Fawad Ali, Vincent Tiing Tiong, Mojtaba Amjadipour, Hongxia Wang, Mahnaz Shafiei, Nunzio Motta   +6 more
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Doping the bismuth into the host’s Cu2ZnSnS4 semiconductor as a novel material for thin film solar cell

Results in Physics, 2019
In this report for the first time, the Cu2Zn1-xBixSnS4 (CZBiTS) semiconductor at (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) has been synthesized using the solvothermal and spin coating methods.
Hussein Hussein, Ahmad Yazdani
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Effects of Plasmonic Metal Core - Dielectric Shell Nanoparticles on the Broadband Light Absorption Enhancement in Thin Film Solar Cells [PDF]

, 2017
To guide the design of plasmonic solar cells, theoretical investigation of core (metal)-shell (dielectric) nanoparticles for light absorption enhancement in thin film Si solar cells is performed.
Niu, X, Rogach, AL, Wang, Z, Wu, J, Yao, Y, Yu, P   +5 more
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Characterization of Nanocrystalline SiGe Thin Film Solar Cell with Double Graded-Dead Absorption Layer

International Journal of Photoenergy, 2012
The nanocrystalline silicon-germanium (nc-SiGe) thin films were deposited by high-frequency (27.12 MHz) plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (HF-PECVD).
Chao-Chun Wang, Dong-Sing Wuu, Shui-Yang Lien, Yang-Shih Lin, Chueh-Yang Liu, Chia-Hsum Hsu, Chia-Fu Chen   +6 more
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Numerical Simulation of High Efficiency Environment Friendly CuBi2O4-Based Thin-Film Solar Cell Using SCAPS-1D

International Journal of Photoenergy, 2023
In this research work, a copper bismuth oxide- (CuBi2O4-) based thin-film solar cell has been proposed for the lead and toxic-free (Al/ITO/TiO2/CuBi2O4/Mo) structure simulated in SCAPS-1D software.
Kushal Sarker, Md. Shamsujjoha Sumon, Mst. Farzana Orthe, Sunirmal Kumar Biswas, Md. Mostak Ahmed   +4 more
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Light trapping in ultrathin plasmonic solar cells [PDF]

, 2010
We report on the design, fabrication, and measurement of ultrathin film a-Si:H solar cells with nanostructured plasmonic back contacts, which demonstrate enhanced short circuit current densities compared to cells having flat or randomly textured back ...
Albert Polman, Atwater, Beck, Campbell, Catchpole, Dagkaldiran, Derkacs, Eisele, Ewold Verhagen, Fahr, Ferry, Ferry, Franken, Haase, Harry A. Atwater, Hongbo B. T. Li, Krc, Li, Lin, Marc A. Verschuuren, Matheu, Müller, Nakayama, Odom, Pillai, Pryce, Rakic, Robert J. Walters, Ruud E. I. Schropp, Saeta, Sato, Shah, Shah, Staebler, Stuart, Stuart, Verschuuren, Vivian E. Ferry, Yablonovitch, Zhu   +39 more
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Smart city compatible thin film solar cell based on extraordinary transmission and metallic patch nanoantenna

Optical Materials: X
An effective performance enhancement model for the thin film solar cell conjointly based on extraordinary transmission and nanoantenna is proposed and investigated. The absorber layer of the extraordinary transmission based solar cell contains a metallic
Abhishek Pahuja, Sachin Agrawal, Sandeep Kumar, Manoj Singh Parihar, Dinesh Kumar V   +4 more
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Effect of p-Layer and i-Layer Properties on the Electrical Behaviour of Advanced a-Si:H/a-SiGe:H Thin Film Solar Cell from Numerical Modeling Prospect

International Journal of Photoenergy, 2012
The effect of p-layer and i-layer characteristics such as thickness and doping concentration on the electrical behaviors of the a-Si:H/a-SiGe:H thin film heterostructure solar cells such as electric field, photogeneration rate, and recombination rate ...
Peyman Jelodarian, Abdolnabi Kosarian
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Investigation of Structural, Optical and Photovoltaic Properties of Sb2S3 Thin Films

Cumhuriyet Science Journal, 2017
Sb2S3 thin films wereprepared on amorphous glass substrates by chemical bath deposition (CBD) atroom temperature. The Sb2S3thin films were characterized by x-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy,scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and UV-Vis ...
Sabit Horoz, Hüsnü Koç, Ömer Şahin
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