Advanced Thin Film Materials for Photovoltaic Applications

The direct conversion of sunlight into electricity (photovoltaic or PV for short) is evolving rapidly, and is a technology becoming a mainstream clean energy production method. However, to compete with conventional energy production methods using fossil fuels, the conversion efficiency needs to be i...

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Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
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653 |a CdTe 
653 |a CdTe film 
653 |a CdTe1−xSex 
653 |a characterisation 
653 |a chemical solution process 
653 |a CIGS 
653 |a Cu(In,Ga)Se2 
653 |a electrodeposition 
653 |a electroplating 
653 |a electroplating of semiconductors 
653 |a electroplating temperature 
653 |a encapsulation 
653 |a ethlammonium 
653 |a formamidinium 
653 |a hole blocking layer 
653 |a large-area electronics 
653 |a luminescence 
653 |a microstructure 
653 |a mini-module 
653 |a numerical simulation 
653 |a organic solar cells 
653 |a P1 shunt 
653 |a perovskite 
653 |a perovskite solar cell 
653 |a perovskite solar cells 
653 |a photovoltaic 
653 |a photovoltaics 
653 |a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition 
653 |a potential-induced degradation 
653 |a renewable energy 
653 |a review 
653 |a semiconductors 
653 |a silicon 
653 |a SnS/SnS2 
653 |a solar cell 
653 |a solar cells 
653 |a solution spin-coating 
653 |a space charge region (SCR) 
653 |a spectroscopy 
653 |a stability 
653 |a TCAD 
653 |a thin films 
653 |a tin disulfide 
653 |a tin monosulfide 
653 |a TiO2/SnO2 layer 
653 |a transistor effect 
653 |a two-electrode configuration 
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