CdTe-based thin film photovoltaics: Recent advances, current challenges and future prospects

MA Scarpulla, B McCandless, AB Phillips, Y Yan… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Cadmium telluride (CdTe)-based cells have emerged as the leading commercialized thin
film photovoltaic technology and has intrinsically better temperature coefficients, energy …

Passivation strategies for enhancing device performance of perovskite solar cells

Z Wu, E Bi, LK Ono, D Li, OM Bakr, Y Yan, Y Qi - Nano Energy, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Because of high efficiencies and low-cost fabrication, perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have
drawn great attention. Although an impressive power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 26.1 …

Performance Enhancement of an MoS2-Based Heterojunction Solar Cell with an In2Te3 Back Surface Field: A Numerical Simulation Approach

MH Ali, MA Al Mamun, MD Haque, MF Rahman… - ACS …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Researchers are currently showing interest in molybdenum disulfide (MoS2)-based solar
cells due to their remarkable semiconducting characteristics. The incompatibility of the band …

Efficiency boost of bifacial Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin-film solar cells for flexible and tandem applications with silver-assisted low-temperature process

SC Yang, TY Lin, M Ochoa, H Lai, R Kothandaraman… - Nature Energy, 2023‏ - nature.com
Abstract Bifacial Cu (In, Ga) Se2 (CIGS) solar cells are attractive for a range of applications,
but their low power conversion efficiency is a limitation. To improve their efficiency, the …

Perovskite solar cells go bifacial—mutual benefits for efficiency and durability

Z Song, C Li, L Chen, Y Yan - Advanced materials, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Bifacial solar cells hold the potential to achieve a higher power output per unit area than
conventional monofacial devices without significantly increasing manufacturing costs …

Bifacial and Semitransparent Sb2(S,Se)3 Solar Cells for Single‐Junction and Tandem Photovoltaic Applications

C Qian, K Sun, J Cong, H Cai, J Huang, C Li… - Advanced …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Thin‐film solar cells are expected to play a significant role in the space industry, building
integrated photovoltaic (BIPV), indoor applications, and tandem solar cells, where bifaciality …

CdTe solar cells: technology, operation and reliability

M Barbato, E Artegiani, M Bertoncello… - Journal of Physics D …, 2021‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Over the last 20 years, the technological improvements of CdTe solar cell have been
impressive, and today the performance of these cells is comparable with that of silicon cells …

Efficiency enhancement of WSe2 heterojunction solar cell with CuSCN as a hole transport layer: A numerical simulation approach

MD Haque, MH Ali, AZMT Islam - Solar Energy, 2021‏ - Elsevier
In this research work, the tungsten diselenide (WSe 2)-based thin-film solar cell with a
copper thiocyanate (CuSCN) hole transport layer (HTL) has been designed and studied by …

Numerical modeling and extensive analysis of an extremely efficient RbGeI 3-based perovskite solar cell by incorporating a variety of ETL and HTL materials to …

MM Rahman, MH Ali, MD Haque, AZMT Islam - Energy Advances, 2024‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The immense demand for electrical energy motivated us to manipulate solar energy by
means of conversion through solar cells (SCs). Advancements in photovoltaic (PV) …

A comprehensive review of flexible cadmium telluride solar cells with back surface field layer

NI Ahmad, YB Kar, C Doroody, TS Kiong, KS Rahman… - Heliyon, 2023‏ - cell.com
Recent advancements in CdTe solar cell technology have introduced the integration of
flexible substrates, providing lightweight and adaptable energy solutions for various …