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Porous covalent polymer framework-based molecular platform for polychromatic Vis-to-NIR electrochromic smart window to modulate solar irradiation Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Sayan Halder, Chanchal Chakraborty
Employing advanced electrochromic technology, the low energy-consuming smart windows seamlessly regulate light transmission, optimizing energy efficiency without compromising comfort. This innovation marks a significant stride toward sustainable architecture, offering dynamic control over interior luminosity while reducing reliance on conventional power sources. In that context, a porous perylene diimide
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The research progress on recycling and resource utilization of waste crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Jie Wang, Yi Feng, Yaqun He
The exponential growth in global photovoltaic installations has led to a continuous increase in photovoltaic (PV) waste. This review article focuses on the recycling of waste crystalline silicon PV modules. In terms of recycling management policies, it points out that China's management of waste PV modules started relatively late and lacks clear categorization. Despite the establishment of relevant
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Investigation on thermal performance of quinary nitrate/nitrite mixed molten salts with low melting point for thermal energy storage Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Yuanyuan Wang, Yuanwei Lu, Yanquan Wang, Yuting Wu, Qi Gao, Cancan Zhang
Molten salt has been extensively applied as a medium for heat transfer and thermal energy storage. In this work, a novel quinary nitrate/nitrite mixed molten salt is developed and its comprehensive thermophysical properties, thermal stability, sensible thermal energy storage density and economics are evaluated. Based on the thermal analysis method, the melting point and decomposition temperature of
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Light-activated surface passivation for more efficient silicon heterojunction solar cells: Origin, physics and stability Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Fiacre E. Rougieux, Chandany Sen, Malcolm Abbott, Bram Hoex
Silicon heterojunction (HJT) solar cells have world-leading efficiencies due to outstanding surface passivation. Yet, maintaining their performance during the lifetime of a photovoltaic module requires excellent quality and stability of the surface regions. It is well known that HJT solar cells can show an increase or reduction in performance under illumination, and this instability has been related
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Enhancing dielectric-silicon interfaces through surface electric fields during firing Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 Ruy S. Bonilla, Isabel Al-Dhahir, Xinya Niu, Pietro P. Altermatt, Phillip Hamer
Minimising charge losses at silicon interfaces is a major development area for highly efficient solar cells. Here we report on the interface improvements achieved by establishing a surface electric field during low-temperature firing of dielectric thin films. By inducing a corona electric field on the surface of a thin film stack, we observe significant modifications to the silicon-dielectric interface
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Metal-embedded metal oxide hybrid structure for the functional improvement of all-transparent photovoltaics Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 Osigwe Chidingozi Emeka, Thanh Tai Nguyen, Chanhyuk Choi, Kibum Lee, Sang Moon Kim, Ju-Hyung Yun, Joondong Kim
A functional large-area transparent conductor (TC), consisting of two-dimensional (2D) Ag films sandwiched within indium tin oxide (ITO) layers has been developed for use in transparent photovoltaics (TPV) applications. This innovative solution harnesses the potential of 2D Ag films, which play a pivotal role in the creation of cost-effective optoelectronic devices with a focus on attributes like lightness
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Enhancement of the thermal properties of the phase change composite of acid-base modified biochar/paraffin wax Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Qianqian Yin, Ge Zhu, Ruikun Wang, Zhenghui Zhao
The issue of leakage in phase change materials (PCMs) severely restricts their use as thermal storage materials. In this study, waste coffee grounds-based biochar (WCG) was developed by carbonization and chemical modification as a support material for composite PCMs. The WCG/Paraffin wax (PW) composite PCMs were prepared using the melt impregnation method. The pore structure of alkali-modified biochar
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Renewable organic phase change materials for latent heat thermal energy storage applications: Diesters of sebacic acid Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Ahmet Alper Aydın, Nurşah Çalık
Investigations on development of new renewable phase change materials are important studies to increase the number of available materials for thermal utilization. In this sense, the diesters of sebacic acid (decandioic acid) have been synthesized and characterized for thermal applications. They include the diesters of 1-decanol, 1-dodecanol and 1-hexadecanol with decandioic acid. They have been specifically
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Room-temperature processed plasma activated nickel oxide film for wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Jun Li, Lutao Li, Shuhao Wang, Ruijie Li, Chen Wang, Jianyu Cai, Weiyu Cheng, Jiankang Li, Guifu Zou, Zheng Lu
The nickel oxide (NiO) film is often employed as a hole transport layer for the production of high-performance inverted perovskite solar cells due to its exceptional chemical stability, high hole mobility, and matching energy level structure. Among various techniques for preparing NiO, E-beam evaporation-based NiO films show great promise owing to their low fabrication temperature and excellent photoelectric
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Simplified method for the conversion of luminescence signals from silicon wafers and solar cells into implied voltages Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Soma Zandi, Ziv Hameiri, Arman Mahboubi Soufiani, Juergen W. Weber, Thorsten Trupke
Electroluminescence and photoluminescence imaging of crystalline silicon solar cells are powerful characterization techniques for research and industrial applications. Both techniques can provide spatially resolved data of the implied open-circuit voltage, a critical parameter for photovoltaic devices. However, the conversion of luminescence intensities into implied voltages often requires a challenging
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Experiments and cellular automata simulation of corrosion and protection of Hastelloy X in high-temperature chloride molten salts Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Dongxu Jiang, Jianfeng Lu, Jing Ding, Weilong Wang
Molten salts are excellent heat transfer and storage materials due to their outstanding properties, but their strong corrosive properties at high temperatures will cause severe negative consequences. In this paper, a cellular automata (CA) model is developed by MATLAB software to simulate the corrosion behavior of Hastelloy X alloy in NaCl–KCl–MgCl ternary molten salt. The simulated reliability is
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Optimization of the mass ratio and melting temperature of PCMs integrated in Salt Gradient Solar Ponds Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Daniele Colarossi, Yassmine Rghif
Phase Change Materials (PCMs) are promising materials to increase the storage capacity of solar energy-based systems, such as Salt Gradient Solar Ponds (SGSPs), as they are characterized by a large latent heat during the solid-liquid phase change. This paper introduces an optimization study for PCM integration in SGSP, in terms of PCM mass ratio (14 %, 19 %, 28 % and 47 %) in the lower convective zone
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Optimizing the window layer for achieving over 10% efficient Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 solar cells Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Yu He, Chenxi Zhao, Zecheng Lu, Ning Guo, Hongmei Luan, Yanchun Yang, Ruijian Liu, Chengjun Zhu
Indium tin oxide (ITO) and intrinsic ZnO (i-ZnO) are usually used as the window layer of CuZnSn(S,Se) (CZTSSe) solar cells within a typical structure. The optoelectronic properties of the window layer play a crucial role in determining the efficiency of solar cells. In this work, two types of CZTSSe solar cells with and without i-ZnO layers were fabricated using dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and dimethylformamide
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Achieving an efficient Sb2Se3-based solar cell by improving the performance parameters using the grey wolf optimization algorithm Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Parham Yazdani, Ali A. Orouji, Iman Gharibshahian, Hadi Soltanizadeh
Antimony selenide (SbSe) exhibits promising characteristics as an absorber material in photovoltaic solar cells. To enhance the efficiency of SbSe solar cells, we propose a reevaluation of the device design through the utilization of device simulation techniques and optimization algorithms. To ensure the model's accuracy, a calibration procedure is performed by comparing the experimental data obtained
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High-efficiency acidic electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution enhanced by encapsulation of heterojunction CoP–MoP nanoparticles in a nitrogen-doped 3D nanocarbon framework Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Dawei Zheng, Dekun Xv, Xingrui Lv, Wenbin Cao, Dong Liu
The development of low-cost, high-performance transition metal phosphide electrocatalysts is essential for producing hydrogen from renewable energy sources. Here, we report a N-doped three-dimensional nanocarbon framework encapsulating heterojunction CoP–MoP nanoparticles. Due to the synergistic effect between the bimetals, electron transfer is enhanced at multiple heterogeneous junctions, resulting
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Electrochromic nickel-oxide-based thin films in KOH electrolyte: Ionic and electronic effects elucidated by impedance spectroscopy Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Esat Pehlivan, Claes G. Granqvist, Gunnar A. Niklasson
Ni-oxide-based thin films, prepared by sputtering, are investigated by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy in a KOH electrolyte. The films are electrochromic, and an increase of the applied potential leads to a variation from a bleached to a colored state as a result of proton (H) extraction together with extraction of electrons from the valence band. The complex frequency-dependent impedance displays
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Bandgap engineering of earth-abundant Cu2BaSn(S1-xSex)4 for photovoltaic application: A systematic approach to double grading Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Hitarth Narsi Patel, Rajesh Kumar Sharma, Deepak Joshi, Vivek Garg
The impact of the bandgap () grading of an earth-abundant multinary chalcogenide CuBaSn(SSe) (CBTSSe) is investigated using numerical simulation. The baseline model of the cell with a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 6.17 % is designed to match the performance of the fabricated cell. The tuning is performed by compositional variation of Sulfur (S) and Selenium (Se). We investigate the single grading
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Scalable multifunction porous film as a thermal insulating radiative cooler and triboelectric nanogenerator to save and generate energy Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Yingjie Wu, Bin Liu, Renyan Zhang, Si Wang, Tao Yu, Yongcai Guo
Passive radiative cooling and triboelectric generation provide a way to achieve zero-energy cooling and sustainable electricity generation, respectively. However, they are frequently studied independently and lack integration. Herein, a scalable porous film for thermal insulation, passive radiative cooling and triboelectric generation has been developed using a facile emulsion polymerization method
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Effects of quasi-fermi level splitting and band tail states on open circuit voltage towards high-efficiency Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Cheuk Kai Gary Kwok, Hamidou Tangara, Naoki Masuko, Roland Scheer, Shogo Ishizuka, Muhammad Monirul Islam, Takeaki Sakurai
Open-circuit voltage () losses due to various recombination mechanisms are well-recognized limitations towards high-performance solar cells. Thin film Cu(In,Ga)Se (CIGSe)-based solar cells have been well-developed and commercially used in the photovoltaic community due to their high power conversion efficiency (PCE) with high chemical stability and cost-effectiveness. Recently, numerous works on modification
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Summary of the 11th Workshop on Metallization and Interconnection for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Eszter Voroshazi, Guy Beaucarne, Jan Lossen, Antonin Faes
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Long-lived electrochromic device with protonated viologen and Poly(ethylenedioxythiophene-carbazole)/Prussian blue composite for smart windows Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Manoranjan Ojha, Rida Mysoon, Akshay Kumar Ray, Geetha Sravani Rongali, Melepurath Deepa
A complementary electrochromic device (ECD) configuration featuring a protonated viologen (VNH) as the cathodically coloring electrochrome and a composite of poly(ethylenedioxythiophene-carbazole) (i.e. poly(EDOT-Cz)) and Prussian blue (PB) as the anodically coloring electrochrome marks the first implementation of this innovative high contrast device. A comparative analysis of VNH//poly(EDOT-Cz) and
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Two-dimensional type-II XMoSiP2/BAs (X= S, Se) van der Waals heterostructures for highly efficient excitonic solar cells Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Nayereh Ghobadi, Somayeh Gholami Rudi, Samaneh Soleimani-Amiri
Exploiting Janus monolayers in constructing two-dimensional van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures has emerged as an effective strategy for designing highly efficient optoelectronic devices. In this paper, using first-principles calculations, we explore the stability, structural, and electronic properties of Janus XMoSiP/BAs (X = S, Se) heterostructures in twelve possible stackings. It is shown that
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Design and development of front and back contact solar cells with selective poly-Si passivating contact on the front and local Al contact on the rear Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Pradeep Padhamnath, Wook-Jin Choi, Gabby De Luna, John Derek Arcebal, Ajeet Rohatgi, Armin G. Aberle
We present 22.5% efficient large area (M2), n-type rear junction biPoly™ solar cells featuring selective poly-Si based passivation on the front and full area poly-Si on the rear side. The metal contacts to the selective poly-Si fingers on the front are formed by screen-printing fire-through Ag paste. Two different approaches are compared for the contact formation on the rear side – using fire-through
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Finite element model of femtosecond laser scribing on silicon heterojunction solar cells Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-03 Yunkai Duan, Weihong Xu, Xiaoliang He, Zhilong Jiang, Hongyan Lu, Song Zhang, Cheng Liu, Shouyu Wang, Yan Kong
A method to increase the module efficiency, is the separation of silicon solar cells prior to interconnection. The lower currents per cell lead to lower string currents and less resistive losses. This is also the case in silicon heterojunction (SHJ) cell and module technology. One of the methods to separate is by laser scribing and mechanical cleaving (LSMC). It was known that not mechanical cleaving
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CdS(In)/CZTSSe bandgap alignment engineering for performance enhancement of solar cells without ZnO layer Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-03 Jingyuan Guo, Lei Wang, Letu SiQin, Chenjun Yang, Yutian Wang, Yiming Wang, Shuyu Li, Ruijian Liu, Chengjun Zhu, Hongmei Luan
Compared with the traditional structure, the new CuZnSn(S, Se) (CZTSSe) solar cell without ZnO window layer has a larger short-circuit current reduction. Due to the poor band matching, serious interface recombination exists at the CZTSSe/CdS heterojunction interface. We have designed a strategy for the preparation of CdS(In) buffer layers by In ion doping to increase the depletion layer width, enhance
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Ultra-broadband near-infrared upconversion for solar energy harvesting Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Georgios E. Arnaoutakis, Dmitry Busko, Bryce S. Richards, Aruna Ivaturi, Jeffrey M. Gordon, Eugene A. Katz
Upconversion – the absorption of two or more photons resulting in radiative emission at a higher energy than the excitation – has the potential to enhance the efficiency of solar energy harvesting technologies, most notably photovoltaics. However, the required ultra-high light intensities and the narrow absorption bands of lanthanide ions limit efficient solar utilisation. In this paper, we report
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Impurity tolerance of polymer solar cells: The crucial role of palladium catalyst and its ligands Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Gilles H. Roche, Lucas Viollet, Nicolas Penin, Tanguy Jousselin-Oba, Chloé Dindault, Laurence Vignau, Sylvain Chambon, Lionel Hirsch, Pierre-Antoine Bonnardel, Sebastien Taillemite, Guillaume Wantz
Polymer photovoltaic solar cells based on PTQ10:IT4F were fabricated and characterized with voluntary contamination of several impurities in various amounts. Impurities were selected as related to the Stille coupling reagents: in particular palladium catalysts and their respective ligands. Below a concentration of 300 ppm, the pristine device efficiencies were not significantly affected for any of
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Novel optical modulation device based on an electrochemical reaction with seven optical states: Clear colorless, mirror, black, yellow, green, cyan, and blue emission Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Shota Tsuneyasu, Shunsuke Kimura, Koshin Enomoto, Kazuki Nakamura, Norihisa Kobayashi
This paper reports on a novel display device with a colorless transparent state that exhibits both blue emission based on alternating current (AC)-driven electrochemiluminescence and multicoloration based on silver-electrodeposited electrochromic (EC) systems in a single device. The device consists of a gel electrolyte composed of 9,10-diphenylanthracene and silver nitrate sandwiched between a pair
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Applying and evaluating a new method to determine the interconnection-induced resistance in shingle solar modules Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Julian Weber, Alexander Krieg, Torsten Roessler
This work deals with shingle solar modules, in particular the interconnection of shingle solar cells by using an electrically conductive adhesive (ECA), as well as by simply overlapping the same type of shingle solar cells but omitting the ECA. For both types of interconnection, the resistance due to interconnection and the corresponding cell-to-module (CTM) power loss Δ in the case of a full-size
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Comparison of polycrystalline and epitaxial Cu(In, Ga)Se2 solar cells with conversion efficiencies of more than 21% Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Jiro Nishinaga, Yukiko Kamikawa, Takeyoshi Sugaya, Shogo Ishizuka
Polycrystalline Cu(In,Ga)Se (CIGS) solar cells are widely studied for their application in thin-film photovoltaics, but analysis of their crystalline properties is difficult owing to the presence of grain boundaries and defects. Epitaxial CIGS (epi-CIGS) solar cells can potentially address the issues of polycrystalline CIGS (poly-CIGS) solar cells, but their conversion efficiency has not been widely
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Back contact passivation of Sb2Se3 solar cells via antimony trichloride solution Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Lijun Wang, Deyang Qin, Rui Wang, Shehroz Razzaq, Chunhu Zhao, Pochuan Yang, Xiaobo Hu, Jinchun Jiang, Shaoqiang Chen, Pingxiong Yang, Junhao Chu, Jiahua Tao
Quasi-one-dimensional antimony selenide (SbSe) stands out as a promising light-absorbing material known for its non-toxic nature, excellent stability, earth's abundance, and outstanding optoelectronic performance. However, the surface quality of SbSe thin films is an important factor limiting the efficiency of SbSe solar cells. This article presents a novel approach employing the environmentally friendly
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Atmospheric water extraction based on solar air heater encapsulated with phase change material: An experimental investigation Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Anshu Agrawal, Amit Kumar
Amidst worsening water scarcity in the urban region, exploring alternative water sources is crucial. Atmospheric water extraction (AWE) technology emerges as a cost-effective and efficient remedy for the escalating issue of water scarcity. The objective of this research is to experimentally explore a novel AWE system that incorporates phase change material (PCM). This system is designed to facilitate
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Highly efficient and versatile daytime radiative cooler based on optimized polymer-ceramic composite fabricated via facile process Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Jaein Park, Dongwoo Chae, Hangyu Lim, Jisung Ha, Chanwoong Park, Hansang Sung, Hyoin Song, Heon Lee
Radiative cooling is a carbon-free, zero energy technology that can substitute various energy-consuming cooling systems such as air conditioners and auto-chillers for cooling heat-generating machines. Previous reports on radiative cooling have focused mainly on the cooling performance, thereby overlooking the applicability, structural complexity, manufacturing complexity, and certain physical properties
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Antisolvent additive engineering containing green additive for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Dilpreet Singh Mann, Sakshi Thakur, Sushil S. Sangale, Kwang-Un Jeong, Sung-Nam Kwon, Seok-In Na
The efficiency of the perovskite layer generally determines the performance of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) depend highly on the layer's morphology, crystalline structure, and surface defect of their power conversion efficiency (PCE), and long-term stability. Introducing appropriate solvent additives to the perovskite precursor solution effectively controls the film
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Global warming potential of photovoltaics with state-of-the art silicon solar cells: Influence of electricity mix, installation location and lifetime Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Abeer Ali Khan, Christian Reichel, Pamela Molina, Lorenz Friedrich, Dilara Maria Subasi, Holger Neuhaus, Sebastian Nold
Efforts are driven to fast-track energy transition for more energy security, resilience, and affordable energy for all. A major objective in implementing the transition to renewable energies is the overall reduction of the global warming potential (GWP). Therefore, it is important to investigate key parameters that can reduce the GWP of renewable energy technologies even further. In this study, the
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Improved charge separation by anatase TiO2 nanorod arrays for efficient solid-state PbS quantum-dot-sensitized solar cells Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Guannan Xiao, Xiaoming Wang, Taohua Liang, Chao Ying
To improve the charge separation and transporting between PbS/TiO interface in PbS quantum-dot-sensitized solar cells, a 400 nm length anatase TiO nanorod array was successfully prepared by the conversion from ZnO nanorod array immersed in a 75 mM ammonium hexafluorotitanate acid solution. The influence of different immersion time on the microstructure, crystal phase and light absorption of the anatase
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Shape-memory phase change material enhanced by MWCNT for solar photothermal conversion Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Huageng Dai, Jianjuan Yuan, Xiangfei Kong, Caimeng Zhao
The efficient use of solar energy can alleviate the energy shortage, so the photothermal conversion materials have been a hot spot for research. Improved thermal conductivity and higher enthalpy/flexibility can expand the practical application scenarios of photothermal conversion materials. Therefore, a flexible composite material for photothermal conversion is developed in this paper. Among them,
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Building-integrated photovoltaic applied Bi-facial photovoltaic module structural design Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Yohan Noh, Jaehyeong Lee
Most photovoltaic modules typically exhibit a structure configuration of either glass-to-back sheet or glass-to-glass. These configurations are widely used in standard construction and building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) applications. Recent developments in building safety have underscored the need for BIPV systems to conform to the safety standards expected for construction materials. Particularly
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Nano-silver@polydopamine carbonized melamine foam supported polyethylene glycol phase change materials: With simultaneous improved photo-thermal conversion ability Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Yichi Liu, Minming Zou, Shikun Xiao, Wenjing Chen, Yuqiong Xie, Wenxing Luo, Lixiang Luo, Xiaowu Hu, Xiongxin Jiang, Yinshui He, Qinglin Li
Ag nanoparticles are commonly used for phase change material (PCM) modification to improve the photo-thermal convertibility in composite phase change materials (CPCM) owing to enhance carrier's ability to absorb photons by virtue of its unique localized Surface Plasmon Resonance effect (LSPR). Currently, redox method is considered to be the most effective method for the preparation of Ag nano-coating
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Correlation between laboratory and outdoor soiling experiments with anti-soiling coatings Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Muhammad Zahid Khan, Ahmed Abuelseoud, Katja Lange, Guido Willers, Mohammed A. Bahattab, Mark Mirza, Hussam Qasem, Volker Naumann, Ralph Gottschalg, Klemens Ilse
Dust deposition on PV module surfaces is a complex issue influenced by various factors such as weather conditions, dust composition, and surface properties. Outdoor soiling experiments experience fluctuations in environmental conditions, leading to natural inconsistencies and difficulties in reproducibility. On the other hand, laboratory experiments can be conducted in a well-controlled environment
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Bi-layer in-situ phosphorus doped poly-Si films by PECVD for blistering-free high-efficiency industrial TOPCon solar cells Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 S. Ma, B. Liao, D.X. Du, D. Ding, C. Gao, Z.P. Li, Q. Wang, X.Y. Wu, S. Zou, X. Su, R.J. Yeo, X. Li, W.M. Li, X.Y. Kong, W.Z. Shen
The passivating contact concept stands out as one of the most promising and industrially viable photovoltaic (PV) technologies. Further improving the quality of physical contact has become a focus of ongoing research. The film blistering issue has been identified as one of the major bottlenecks for the polysilicon (poly-Si) films deposited by the PECVD approach. In this study, we investigated how the
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Experimental study on the electrically-triggered crystallization behavior of supercooled copper foam-based and expanded graphite-based sodium acetate trihydrate Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Chuanshuai Dong, Shaoting Jia, Fenglian Lu, Shuocong Wu, Weiye Chen
Phase change material is a promising solution to solve the mismatch between the energy demand and supply in solar energy applications. However, the inorganic phase change materials suffer from supercooling and poor thermal conductivity. This study aims at developing an electrically-triggered copper foam-based and expanded graphite-based sodium acetate trihydrate phase change composites to achieve the
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Performance comparison of CSP system with different heat transfer and storage fluids at multi-time scales by means of system advisor model Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Xueming Yang, Hu Zhao, Ming Zhang, Chang Ji, Jianfei Xie
Many novel molten salts and their based nanofluids have been proposed, and their thermophysical properties have been extensively studied. However, their implications to performance and economic of concentrated solar power (CSP) systems are not well understood. This study has compared the performance of CSP generation systems by applying nitrate, carbonate, chloride and their based nanofluids. Based
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Mn and Al co-modified CaO-based composites from various calcium precursors for thermochemical energy storage: High energy storage density and excellent solar absorption ability Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Fengyuan Chai, Peiwang Zhu, Haoran Xu, Xiangyu Xie, Gang Xiao
Thermochemical energy storage (TCES) materials driven by calcium looping (CaL) have great potential to be used in the next generation of concentrated solar power (CSP) plants. However, natural calcium-based materials are easily sintered at high temperatures, and their optical absorption capacities are too low to be directly utilized. To overcome these challenges, Mn and Al co-modified CaO-based composites
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Accelerating the desalination of seawater and elimination of cosmetic contaminants from tap water by depositing zinc copper vanadate microparticles on solar evaporators Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 E. Valadez-Renteria, J. Oliva, A. Encinas, V. Rodriguez-Gonzalez
Black garbage bags (BGB) and car air filters (CAF)) were recycled and used to elaborate interfacial solar evaporators, also named as recycled materials evaporator (RME). The RME evaporator desalinated seawater at a maximum evaporation rate and evaporation efficiency of 3.19 kg∙m∙h and 80.1%, respectively, under natural sunlight. Later, the RME evaporator was completely coated with copper zinc vanadate
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Processing and optical behavior of dense (Hf,Zr)B2 solid solutions for solar energy receivers Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Simone Barbarossa, Antonio M. Locci, Giacomo Cao, Sebastiano Garroni, Andrea Balbo, Federica Zanotto, Elisa Sani, Roberto Orrù
While individual borides and, more recently, quinary High Entropy Transition Metal Borides have been investigated, the fabrication and characterization of bulk binary to quaternary solid solutions are barely explored. In this work, dense (HfZr)B is produced by Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) from powders prepared by Self-propagating High-temperature (SHS). SHS produced a multiphase product, whose secondary
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Bubbling triggered crystallization of xylitol phase change material for controllable heat retrieval: The subcooling effect Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Yeke Chenxu, Xuefeng Shao, Binrui Wang, Nan Zhang, Yanping Yuan
Towards long-term seasonal latent heat storage, the PCMs with strong supercooling are recommended as the heat storage medium. Nevertheless, the suitable techniques activating latent heat release is also of significance in the period of heat supply. The present work investigated the N bubbling triggered crystallization of supercooled xylitol. Special attention was paid to the subcooling effect. The
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Polyethylene glycol/polypyrrole aerogel shape-stabilized phase change material for solar-thermal energy storage and thermoelectric power generation Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Shenghui Han, Feng Xiong, Mulin Qin, Zhenghui Shen, Haiwei Han, Yongkang Jin, Ali Usman, Yonggang Wang, Ruiqin Zhong, Ruqiang Zou
The efficient utilization of solar energy requires advanced heat storage technology, while phase change heat storage materials cannot utilize their high-density latent heat storage performance due to defects such as poor light absorption and leakage. To address these deficiencies, here, shape-stabilized phase change materials (SSPCMs) of polyethylene glycol (PEG) encapsulated by polypyrrole (PPy) aerogel
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Boosting thermochemical performance of SrBr2·6H2O with a secondary salt hydrate Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Natalia Mazur, Isidoros Kotinis, Henk Huinink, Hartmut Fischer, Olaf Adan
This work systematically investigates the effect of 9 inorganic salt hydrates on the performance of strontium bromide (SrBr) a thermochemical material (TCM). The goal is to boost the performance of this base salt by enhancing the reaction kinetics of the SrBr 6-1 transition or by shrinking the reaction hysteresis. The study shows that the added salts that do not share a common ion with SrBr (LiCl,
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Self-healing sodium acetate trihydrate phase change material gel demonstrating solar energy conversion and storage for personal thermal management under static and dynamic modes Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Xingru Liu, Ling Wang, Pengcheng Lin, Zhongliang Huang, Ying Chen
The medium temperature phase change material gels (PCMGs) have a thermal storage capacity to meet the body's needs for thermal comfort in cold environments. However, traditional PCMGs are prone to leakage and break in solid-liquid phase change process towards personal thermal management (PTM) application. This study develops an innovative approach that uses covalent and ionic crosslinking to simultaneously
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Anti-aging and flexible-porous-array films for radiative cooling Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Guiguang Qi, Xinyu Tan, Xiongbo Yang, Yulong Qiao, Xinyi Li, Yunqi Wang, Shengyu Chen, Yiteng Tu, Shijin Nie, Kun Yan, Zhe Kang
Passive radiative cooling technology, reducing space temperature by reflecting sunlight and emitting thermal to the outer space through the atmosphere transparent window, is a potential strategy for energy saving and sustainable development. In this work, a flexible-porous-array cellulose acetate (FPA-CA) film with high reflectivity (0.92) in the wavelength range of sunlight (0.2–2.5 μm) and high emissivity
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Kitchen-grade aluminium foil as dual-purpose substrate-cum-electrode for ultrathin, ultralight, and bendable perovskite solar cells Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Arun Kumar, Sonia Rani, Dhriti Sundar Ghosh
Flexible and lightweight photovoltaics have attracted great attention in recent years owing to their application in wearable and portable electronic devices. However, the use of polymer substrates obstructs the fabrication of highly efficient and stable devices due to their limitations like low transmittance, poor temperature tolerance, photodegradation, high material cost, etc. In addition, conventional
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A review on recent advancements in the growth of MoS2 based flexible photodetectors Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-11 Krishan Kumar, Davinder Kaur
In modern technologies, flexible and wearable optoelectronics are becoming integral for everyday intelligence, medical, imaging chemical analysis and telecommunications, etc. Molybdenum disulfide (MoS) has gained enormous attention in flexible optoelectronics devices as MoS exhibits a tunable optical energy band gap with decent absorption spectra in UV to NIR region, superior mechanical flexibility
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Multiphase solar evaporator for localized salt harvesting and in-depth water purification Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Xisheng Sun, Xiaohua Jia, Hengkang Weng, Jin Yang, Sizhe Wang, Haojie Song
Solar-driven interfacial evaporation (SIE) has been receiving more and more attention on the stage called “Sustainable Development”. However, pursuing a rational coexistence of steady-state evaporation, endogenous resource recovery, and water decontamination in solar evaporators is still a great challenge. To address this problem, a one-dimensional water transport pathway chitosan-based multiphase
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A durable superhydrophilic self-cleaning coating based on TiO2–SiO2-PAA nanocomposite for photovoltaic applications: Long-term outdoor study Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Longlai Yang, Jieyi Yang, De-Quan Yang
Self-cleaning coatings and/or surfaces have attracted great attention for photovoltaic (PV) panel and building window glass applications. In this work, we have developed TiO–SiO-PAA (polyacrylic acid) nanocomposite superhydrophilic coating by spraying and brushing deposition. Scanning electron microscope (SEM), UV–Vis spectra, water contact angle test, photocatalytic activity and waterfall impact test
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Plasma immersion ion implantation for tunnel oxide passivated contact in silicon solar cell Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Noboru Yamaguchi, Ralph Müller, Christian Reichel, Jan Benick, Shinsuke Miyajima
We investigated the electrical characteristics of tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) solar cells fabricated by ion implantation using a beam line ion implantation (beam line) system and a plasma immersion ion implantation (PIII) system. The sheet resistance and surface passivation quality were almost comparable for the TOPCon structures fabricated using the both implantation systems. An excellent
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RHTC/HO-BNNS structure collaboratively improves thermal conductivity and photothermal conversion properties of phase change materials Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Huizhi Yang, Mahui Si, Yujiao guo, Chunhua Ge, Lili He, Xiangdong Zhang
The application of phase change materials (PCMs) to improve the efficiency of solar energy has been widely studied. However, most composite PCMs can only maintain high photothermal conversion performance in solid phase environment. To expand the application range of PCM in solar energy field, a flexible composite film which can stably exist in both solid and aqueous environments was prepared. Polyethylene
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Defects in In2O3/TiO2 composite boosting photothermal conversion for water purification and electricity generation Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Peng Xiang, Congming Tang, Kai Ma, Xinli Li
Solar-driven interfacial evaporation for sustainable production of clean water from seawater and organic wastewater is viewed as a cutting-edge and practical technology to solve the shortage of fresh water. Here, we provide a novel strategy for constructing oxygen vacancy-rich InO/TiO composite to apply in water purification. It is found that oxygen vacancy enhances light absorbance, reduces light
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Daytime radiative cooling of single-board computer in nearly enclosed unmanned surface vehicle Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Yen-Jen Chen, Sih-Wei Chang, Hsueh-Cheng Wang, Sin-Kiat Lim, Ching-I Huang, Fu-Hsiang Ko, Yu-Chieh Lo, Dehui Wan, Hsuen-Li Chen
The dramatic boost in work efficiency of computers has led to miniaturized electronics being used in harsh outdoor environments. For example, single-board computers (SBCs) are expected to function stably in near-enclosed surroundings. The traditional heat dissipation strategies of thermal conduction and convection cannot remove heat from an enclosure. In this study, we employ the concept of daytime
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A visible-to-infrared broadband all-solid-state electrochromic device based Li4Ti5O12/WO3 for optical and thermal management Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Yingjun Xiao, Xiang Zhang, Zitong Li, Mingjun Chen, Wenhai Sun, Jianbo Deng, Jiupeng Zhao
LiTiO (LTO) has garnered attention for applications in smart window and thermal regulation. This work presents the preparation of an all-solid-state electrochromic device (ECD) based on LiTiO (LTO) and WO for optical and thermal regulation. Upon electrochemical stimulation, the LTO/WO composite demonstrates a synergetic effect on EC the properties of ECD in visible and IR wavelength. The IR emissivity