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Photovoltaics literature survey (No. 168)

2021; Wiley; Volume: 29; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/pip.3445

1099-159X

Ziv Hameiri,

solar cell performance optimization

In order to help readers to stay up-to-date in the field, each issue of Progress in Photovoltaics will contain a list of recently published journal articles that are most relevant to its aims and scope. This list is drawn from an extremely wide range of journals, including IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Renewable Energy, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Journal of Applied Physics, and Applied Physics Letters. To assist readers, the list is separated into broad categories, but please note that these classifications are by no means strict. Also note that inclusion in the list is not an endorsement of a paper's quality. If you have any suggestions, please email Ziv Hameiri at ziv.hameiri@unsw.edu.au. Cavinato LM, Fresta E, Ferrara S, et al. Merging biology and photovoltaics: How nature helps sun-catching. Advanced Energy Materials 2021; 2100520. Bermudez-Garcia A, Voarino P, Raccurt O. Environments, needs and opportunities for future space photovoltaic power generation: A review. Applied Energy 2021; 290: 116757. Tian ZN, Sun ZT, Shao YY, et al. Ultrafast rechargeable Zn micro-batteries endowing a wearable solar charging system with high overall efficiency. Energy and Environmental Science 2021; 14(3): 1602–1611. Jaxa-Rozen M, Trutnevyte E. Sources of uncertainty in long-term global scenarios of solar photovoltaic technology. Nature Climate Change 2021; 11(3): 266–273. Akamatsu T, Ideue T, Zhou L, et al. A van der Waals interface that creates in-plane polarization and a spontaneous photovoltaic effect. Science 2021; 372(6537): 68–72. Peters IM, Buonassisi T. How changes in worldwide operating conditions affect solar cell performance. Solar Energy 2021; 220: 671–679. An Y, Ma T, Li X. Energy tracing of photovoltaic cells. Solar RRL 2021; 2100199. Pecunia V, Zhao J, Kim C, et al. Assessing the impact of defects on lead-free perovskite-inspired photovoltaics via photoinduced current transient spectroscopy. Advanced Energy Materials 2021; 2003968. Song T, Friedman DJ, Kopidakis N. Comprehensive performance calibration guidance for perovskites and other emerging solar cells. Advanced Energy Materials 2021; 2100728. Tada K. Bayesian estimation of equivalent circuit parameters of photovoltaic cells. Applied Physics Express 2021; 14(4): 046502. Maidaniuk Y, Kumar R, Mazur YI, et al. Indium segregation in ultra-thin In (Ga)As/GaAs single quantum wells revealed by photoluminescence spectroscopy. Applied Physics Letters 2021; 118(6): 062104. Wang Y, Li L, Sun Y, et al. Adaptive automatic solar cell defect detection and classification based on absolute electroluminescence imaging. Energy 2021; 229: 120606. Fathi S, Bagherzadeh-khajehmarjan E, Nikniazi A, et al. Hot-probe method for majority charge carrier determination in methylammonium lead halide perovskites. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 2021; 11(2): 368–373. Kailasam S, Vijayan RA, Amirthaganesan D, et al. Accuracy of contact resistivity measurements for electron-selective titanium oxide contacts in n-type c-Si solar cell. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 2021; 11(3): 613–619. Sovetkin E, Achterberg EJ, Weber T, et al. Encoder-decoder semantic segmentation models for electroluminescence images of thin-film photovoltaic modules. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 2021; 11(2): 444–452. Steinhauser B, Richter A, Fell A, et al. On the influence of the sample properties on the measurement of the implied open-circuit voltage. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 2021; 11(3): 715–724. Su YH, Tao F, Jin J, et al. Automated overheated region object detection of photovoltaic module with thermography image. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 2021; 11(2): 535–544. Cui Y, Hong L, Zhang T, et al. Accurate photovoltaic measurement of organic cells for indoor applications. Joule 2021; 5(5): 1016–1023. 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MoOx work function, interface structure, and thermal stability analysis of ITO/MoOx/a-Si(i) stacks for hole-selective silicon heterojunction solar cells. Applied Surface Science 2021; 553: 149552. Sun Z, Yi C, Hameiri Z, et al. Investigation of the selectivity-mechanism of copper (I) sulfide (Cu2S) as a dopant-free carrier selective contact for silicon solar cells. Applied Surface Science 2021; 555: 149727. Xie RB, Sugime H, Noda SR. High-performance solution-based silicon heterojunction solar cells using carbon nanotube with polymeric acid doping. Carbon 2021; 175: 519–524. Balent J, Smole F, Topic M, et al. Numerical analysis of selective ITO/a-Si:H contacts in heterojunction silicon solar cells: Effect of defect states in doped a-Si:H layers on performance parameters. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 2021; 11(3): 634–647. Baliozian P, Munzer A, Lohmuller E, et al. Thermal laser separation of PERC and SHJ solar cells. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 2021; 11(2): 259–267. Cattin J, Senaud LL, Haschke J, et al. Influence of light soaking on silicon heterojunction solar cells with various architectures. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 2021; 11(3): 575–583. Grubel B, Cimiotti G, Schmiga C, et al. Direct contact electroplating sequence without initial seed layer for bifacial TOPCon solar cell metallization. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 2021; 11(3): 584–590. Luderer C, Tutsch L, Messmer C, et al. Influence of TCO and a-Si:H doping on SHJ contact resistivity. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 2021; 11(2): 329–336. Scardera G, Wang SZ, Zhang Y, et al. On the enhanced phosphorus doping of nanotextured black silicon. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 2021; 11(2): 298–305. Woods-Robinson R, Fioretti AN, Haschke J, et al. Evaluating materials design parameters of hole-selective contacts for silicon heterojunction solar cells. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 2021; 11(2): 247–258. VanSant KT, Tamboli AC, Warren EL. III-V-on-Si tandem solar cells. Joule 2021; 5(3): 514–518. 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Fully screen-printed silicon solar cells with local Al-p+ and n-type POLO interdigitated back contacts with a VOC of 716 mV and an efficiency of 23%. Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications 2021; 29(5): 516–523. Forniés E, del Cañizo C, Méndez L, et al. UMG silicon for solar PV: From defects detection to PV module degradation. Solar Energy 2021; 220: 354–362. Yin HP, Tang WS, Zhang JB, et al. Screen-printed n-type Si solar cells with laser-doped selective back surface field. Solar Energy 2021; 220: 211–216. Chen C, Yang H, Wang J, et al. Investigating the viability of PERC solar cells fabricated on Ga- instead of B-doped monocrystalline silicon wafer. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 2021; 227: 111134. Han C, Zhao Y, Mazzarella L, et al. Room-temperature sputtered tungsten-doped indium oxide for improved current in silicon heterojunction solar cells. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 2021; 227: 111082. Kafle B, Goraya BS, Mack S, et al. TOPCon – Technology options for cost efficient industrial manufacturing. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 2021; 227: 111100. Lin D, Hu Z, He Q, et al. New insights on LeTID/BO-LID in p-type mono-crystalline silicon. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 2021; 226: 111085. Ma J, Yuan Y, Sun P. Approaching 23% silicon heterojunction solar cells with dual-functional SiOx/MoS2 quantum dots interface layers. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 2021; 227: 111110. Veirman J, Varache R, Albaric M, et al. Silicon wafers for industrial n-type SHJ solar cells: Bulk quality requirements, large-scale availability and guidelines for future developments. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 2021; 228: 111128. Bernardo G, Lopes T, Lidzey DG, et al. Progress in upscaling organic photovoltaic devices. Advanced Energy Materials 2021; 2100342. Tokmoldin N, Vollbrecht J, Hosseini SM, et al. Explaining the fill-factor and photocurrent losses of nonfullerene acceptor-based solar cells by probing the long-range charge carrier diffusion and drift lengths. Advanced Energy Materials 2021; 2100804. Troughton J, Neubert S, Gasparini N, et al. Efficient hybrid amorphous silicon/organic tandem solar cells enabled by near-infrared absorbing nonfullerene acceptors. Advanced Energy Materials 2021; 2100166. Devižis A, Gelzinis A, Chmeliov J, et al. Carrier tunneling from charge transfer states in organic photovoltaic cells. Advanced Functional Materials 2021; 2102000. Song W, Yu K, Zhou E, et al. Crumple durable ultraflexible organic solar cells with an excellent power-per-weight performance. Advanced Functional Materials 2021; 2102694. Tavakoli MM, Park JH, Mwaura J, et al. Monolayer hexagonal boron nitride: An efficient electron blocking layer in organic photovoltaics. Advanced Functional Materials 2021; 2101238. Zhou Y, Li M, Lu H, et al. High-efficiency organic solar cells based on a low-cost fully non-fused electron acceptor. Advanced Functional Materials 2021; 202101742. Zhu C, Meng L, Zhang J, et al. A quinoxaline-based D–A copolymer donor achieving 17.62% efficiency of organic solar cells. Advanced Materials 2021; 202100474. Prasetio A, Jahandar M, Kim S, et al. Mitigating the undesirable chemical reaction between organic molecules for highly efficient flexible organic photovoltaics. Advanced Science 2021; 202100865. Wen TJ, Liu ZX, Chen Z, et al. Simple non-fused electron acceptors leading to efficient organic photovoltaics. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2021; 60(23): 12964–12970. Zhao CW, Zhang Z, Han FM, et al. An organic–inorganic hybrid electrolyte as a cathode interlayer for efficient organic solar cells. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2021; 60(15): 8526–8531. Ding K, Huang XH, Li YX, et al. Photogeneration and the bulk quantum efficiency of organic photovoltaics. 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Balancing the efficiency, stability, and cost potential for organic solar cells via a new figure of merit. Joule 2021; 5(5): 1209–1230. Fu JH, Chen HY, Huang PH, et al. Eutectic phase behavior induced by a simple additive contributes to efficient organic solar cells. Nano Energy 2021; 84: 105862. Gasparini N, Camargo FVA, Fruhwald S, et al. Adjusting the energy of interfacial states in organic photovoltaics for maximum efficiency. Nature Communications 2021; 12(1): 1772. Jia ZR, Qin SC, Meng L, et al. High performance tandem organic solar cells via a strongly infrared-absorbing narrow bandgap acceptor. Nature Communications 2021; 12(1): 178. Zhao C, Tang CDG, Seah ZL, et al. Improving organic photovoltaic cells by forcing electrode work function well beyond onset of Ohmic transition. Nature Communications 2021; 12(1): 2250. Ghasemi M, Balar N, Peng ZX, et al. A molecular interaction-diffusion framework for predicting organic solar cell stability. Nature Materials 2021; 20(4): 525. 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