Thin film silicon is an attractive and versatile material for photovoltaics whose manufacturing
reached a high level of maturity. Owing to its moderate efficiency compared to crystalline …

This contribution reviews some of the latest achievements and challenges in thin-film silicon
photovoltaic (PV) technology based on amorphous and nanocrystalline silicon and their …

This work reports a facile approach to monodisperse bismuth nanospheres (Bi-NPs), which
are then evenly assembled on graphene oxide (GO) via a solution-based sonication …

We suggest a new solar cell loss analysis using the external quantum efficiency (EQE)
measured with sufficiently high sensitivity to also account for defects. Unlike common …

Microcrystalline silicon oxide (µc-SiO x: H) alloys prepared by plasma enhanced chemical
vapor deposition (PECVD) represent a versatile material class for opto-electronic …

This short communication highlights our latest results towards high‐efficiency
microcrystalline silicon single‐junction solar cells. By combining adequate cell design with …

Carrier collection in silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells is usually achieved by doped
amorphous silicon layers of a few nanometers, deposited at opposite sides of the crystalline …

High efficiency thin-film silicon multi-junction solar cells require both high open-circuit
voltage (V oc) and high blue spectral response in the top amorphous silicon (a-Si: H) cell …

Multi-junction photovoltaic devices include two or more component sub-cells which are
electrically interconnected in series. At any power point, the current output of the total device …

Micro-textures with large opening angles and smooth U-shape are applied to
nanocrystalline silicon (nc-Si: H) solar cells. The micro-textured substrates result in higher …