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 …

This paper reports a new procedure for the recovery of resources from waste photovoltaic
modules. The tempered glass was recovered using organic solvents. The metal impurities …

Crystalline silicon (c-Si) photovoltaics are robust, manufacturable, and Earth-abundant.
However, barriers exist for c-Si modules to reach US $0.50–0.75/Wp fabrication costs …

Abstract The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) stated that Nigeria generates
around 3080 MW of electricity but with actual estimated demand of 10,000 MW. Due to the …

It is well known that silicon in its various structural configurations (single crystal,
multicrystalline, amorphous, micro-nanocrystalline) supplies almost 90% of the substrates …

The directional solidification of a typical and a previously refined metallurgical silicon was
carried out in a vertical Bridgman furnace. The mold velocity out of the hot zone of the …

Crystalline silicon solar cells play a leading role in the photovoltaic market. In order to select
the key technologies related to silicon solar cells for the next 5–10 years, a Delphi-AHP …

Nanostructured materials offer key advantages for third-generation photovoltaics, such as
the ability to achieve high optical absorption together with enhanced charge carrier …

For the first time, the sensitivity to impurities of the solar cell conversion efficiency is reported
for a state‐of‐the‐art (ie, 18%) and advanced device architecture (ie, 23%). The data are …

Several studies have aimed to develop methods for recycling and recovering valuable
materials from waste photovoltaic (PV) modules to keep up with the increasingly stringent …