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Solar cell efficiency tables (Version 38)
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Roll-to-roll fabrication of polymer solar cells
TL;DR: This work reviews the roll-to-roll processing techniques required to bring the magnificent 10-10 targets into reality, using quick methods with low environmental impact and low cost and highlights some new targets related to processing speed, materials, and environmental impact.
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The renaissance of dye-sensitized solar cells
TL;DR: O'Regan and Gratzel demonstrated that a film of titania nanoparticles deposited on a DSC would act as a mesoporous n-type photoanode and thereby increase the available surface area for dye attachment by a factor of more than a thousand.
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Solar Cell Efficiency Tables (Version 39)
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Recent advances in solution-processed interfacial materials for efficient and stable polymer solar cells
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide an overview on the recent development of solution processed organic, inorganic, and hybrid interfacial materials for bulk-heterojunction polymer solar cells.
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Perylene imides for organic photovoltaics: yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
Chen Li,Henrike Wonneberger +1 more
TL;DR: The relationship between the photovoltaic performance and the structure of perylene imides is discussed and perylene imides-based copolymers or oligomers play an important role in single junction devices.
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Sanyo's Challenges to the Development of High-efficiency HIT Solar Cells and the Expansion of HIT Business
Eiji Maruyama,Akira Terakawa,Mikio Taguchi,Yukihiro Yoshimine,Daisuke Ide,Toshiaki Baba,Masaki Shima,Hitoshi Sakata,Makoto Tanaka +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors achieved the world's highest conversion efficiency levels of 21.8% (Voc: 0.718 V, Isc: 3.852 A, FF: 79.0%, confirmed by AIST) with a practical size of 100.4 cm2.
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Improvement in long-term stability of dye-sensitized solar cell for outdoor use
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Thin Film Poly-Si Solar Cell on Glass Substrate Fabricated at Low Temperature
Kenji Yamamoto,Masashi Yoshimi,Takayuki Suzuki,Yuko Tawada,Yoshifumi Okamoto,Akihiko Nakajima +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the performances of thin-film poly-Si solar cells with a thickness of less than 5 μm on a glass substrate have been investigated, where the active i-type polySi layer was fabricated by plasma chemical vapor deposition (CVD) at low temperature.
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18.2% (AM1.5) efficient GaAs solar cell on optical-grade polycrystalline Ge substrate
Rama Venkatasubramanian,B.C. O'Quinn,J.S. Hills,Paul Sharps,M.L. Timmons,J.A. Hutchby,R. K. Ahrenkiel,Brian Keyes +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present GaAs material and device-structure optimization studies that have led to achieve a open-circuit voltage of /spl sim/1 volt and a best solar cell efficiency of 18.2% under AM1.5G illumination, for a 4 cm/sup 2/ area GaAs cell on commercially available, cast, optical-grade polycrystalline Ge substrate.
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20 000 PERL silicon cells for the ‘1996 World Solar Challenge’ solar car race
TL;DR: In the 1996 World Solar Challenge (WSC) solar car race, Honda's Dream and Aisin Seiki's Aisol III were two vehicles using these PERL cells, and were placed first and third, respectively, in the race as mentioned in this paper.