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Solar cell efficiency tables (Version 38)
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This article is published in Progress in Photovoltaics.The article was published on 2011-08-01. It has received 326 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Solar energy & Solar cell.read more
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Ambient RF Energy-Harvesting Technologies for Self-Sustainable Standalone Wireless Sensor Platforms
Sangkil Kim,Rushi Vyas,Jo Bito,Kyriaki Niotaki,Ana Collado,Apostolos Georgiadis,Manos M. Tentzeris +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, various ambient energy harvesting technologies (solar, thermal, wireless, and piezoelectric) are reviewed in detail and their applicability in the development of self-sustaining wireless platforms is discussed.
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Systematic Investigation of Benzodithiophene- and Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Low-Bandgap Polymers Designed for Single Junction and Tandem Polymer Solar Cells
Letian Dou,Jing Gao,Eric Richard,Jingbi You,Chun-Chao Chen,Kitty C. Cha,Youjun He,Gang Li,Yang Yang +8 more
TL;DR: Low bandgap polymers prepared using BDTT, BDTP, FDPP, and DPP units via Stille-coupling polymerization lead to polymers with different optical, electrochemical, and electronic properties that have great potential for high efficiency tandem polymer solar cells.
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N-Doping Of Organic Semiconductors
TL;DR: In this article, a process for producing doped organic semiconductor materials with an elevated charge carrier density and effective charge carrier mobility by doping is described, in which the doping agent is substantially produced by electrocrystallization in a first step, and in which an organic compound is selected from a group of organic compounds with a low oxidation potential.
Ambient RF Energy-Harvesting Technologies for Self-Sustainable Standalone Wireless Sensor Platforms This paper presents various ambient energy-harvesting technologies and investigates their applicability in the development of self-sustaining wireless platforms.
Sangkil Kim,Rushi Vyas,Jo Bito,Kyriaki Niotaki,Ana Collado,Apostolos Georgiadis,Manos M. Tentzeris +6 more
TL;DR: A benchmarking prototype of an embedded microcontroller-enabled sensor platform has been successfully powered by an ambient ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) digital TV signal where a broadcasting antenna is 6.3 km away from the proposed wireless energy-harvesting device.
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Morphology characterization in organic and hybrid solar cells
TL;DR: The morphology of the active layer is of paramount importance in the photon to electron conversion process in organic and hybrid solar cells, with all length scales, from molecular ordering to intradevice composition variability, playing key roles as discussed by the authors.
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Stability/degradation of polymer solar cells
TL;DR: In this article, the current understanding of stability/degradation in organic and polymer solar cell devices is presented and the methods for studying and elucidating degradation are discussed Methods for enhancing the stability through the choice of better active materials, encapsulation, application of getter materials and UV-filters are also discussed
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19·9%‐efficient ZnO/CdS/CuInGaSe2 solar cell with 81·2% fill factor
Ingrid Repins,Miguel A. Contreras,Brian Egaas,Clay DeHart,John Scharf,Craig L. Perkins,Bobby To,Rommel Noufi +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reported a new record total area efficiency of 19·9% for thin-film solar cells using three-stage co-evaporation with a modified surface termination.
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New world record efficiency for Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin‐film solar cells beyond 20%
Philip Jackson,Dimitrios Hariskos,Erwin Lotter,Stefan Paetel,Roland Wuerz,Richard Menner,Wiltraud Wischmann,Michael Powalla +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented a new certified world record efficiency of 20.1 and 20.3% for thin-film solar cells for the first time and analyzed the characteristics of solar cells on such a performance level and demonstrate a high degree of reproducibility.
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High‐Efficiency Solar Cell with Earth‐Abundant Liquid‐Processed Absorber
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19.8% efficient “honeycomb” textured multicrystalline and 24.4% monocrystalline silicon solar cells
TL;DR: In this paper, a hexagonally symmetric honeycomb surface texture was used to reduce reflection loss in multicrystalline silicon solar cells and increase the cell's effective optical thickness.