Among the armoury of photovoltaic materials, thin film heterojunction photovoltaics continue
to be a promising candidate for solar energy conversion delivering a vast scope in terms of …

The current state of knowledge on the impact of grain boundaries in CdTe solar cells is
reviewed with emphasis being placed on working cell structures. The role of the chemical …

This first comprehensive description of the most important material properties and device
aspects closes the gap between general books on solar cells and journal articles on …

When CdTe solar cells are doped with Cl, the grain boundaries no longer act as
recombination centers but actively contribute to carrier collection efficiency. The physical …

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 one of the leading materials for high-efficiency, low-cost, and thin-film solar cells. In
this work, we review the recent first-principles study of defect properties of CdTe and present …

Comparing to the traditional CdS buffer layer, zinc magnesium oxide (ZMO) offers the
following advantages for CdTe-based thin-film solar cells: it introduces a spike to conduction …

Grain boundaries (GBs) participate in the photovoltaic energy conversion process in
polycrystalline solar cells as efficient photocurrent collectors and transporters, as shown by …

The superior performance of certain polycrystalline (PX) solar cells compared to that of
corresponding single‐crystal ones has been an enigma until recently. Conventional …

Postdeposition treatments (PDTs) are common technological approaches to achieve high-
efficiency chalcogenide solar cells. For SnS, a promising solar cell material, most PDT …