Cadmium telluride (CdTe)-based cells have emerged as the leading commercialized thin
film photovoltaic technology and has intrinsically better temperature coefficients, energy …

Metal‐halide perovskites are rapidly emerging as an important class of photovoltaic
absorbers that may enable high‐performance solar cells at affordable cost. Thanks to the …

Chalcogens, especially tellurium (Te), as conversion-type cathodes possess promising
prospects for zinc batteries (ZBs) with potential rich valence supply and high energy density …

Control of defect processes in photovoltaic materials is essential for realizing high-efficiency
solar cells and related optoelectronic devices. Native defects and extrinsic dopants tune the …

Understanding carrier recombination processes in metal halide perovskites is fundamentally
important to further improving the efficiency of perovskite solar cells, yet the accurate …

CdTe solar cells have the potential to undercut the costs of electricity generated by other
technologies, if the open-circuit voltage can be increased beyond 1 V without significant …

CdTe devices have reached efficiencies of 22% due to continuing improvements in bulk
material properties, including minority carrier lifetime. Device modeling has helped to guide …

Abstract Magnesium-doped Zinc Oxide (MZO) films have recently been proposed as a
transparent buffer layer for thin film CdTe solar cells. In this study, the band gap of MZO …

Polycrystalline photovoltaic materials offer low costs and good scalability; however, grain
boundaries in these materials are extended defects, which can drastically increase carrier …

CdTe is currently the largest thin-film photovoltaic technology. Non-radiative electron–hole
recombination reduces the solar conversion efficiency from an ideal value of 32% to a …