Recent Advances in Photovoltaics: Volume 1771

The symposia that have been combined to compose this volume were held from April 6-10 at the 2015 MRS Spring Meeting.

Markus Gloeckler (Edited by), Ayodhya N. Tiwari (Edited by), Akira Yamada (Edited by), Yanfa Yan (Edited by), Jin Young Kim (Edited by), Tsutomu Miyasaka (Edited by), Ivan Mora-Seró (Edited by), Kai Zhu (Edited by), Mats Andersson (Edited by), Jean V. Manca (Edited by), Emilio Palomares (Edited by), Koen Vandewal (Edited by), Tingkai Li (Edited by), Michael Mastro (Edited by), Meng Tao (Edited by), Qi Wang (Edited by)

9781605117485, Materials Research Society

Hardback, published 1 February 2016

244 pages, 153 b/w illus. 32 tables
23.5 x 15.7 x 1.7 cm, 0.46 kg

The symposia that have been combined to compose this volume - Symposium B: 'Thin Film Compound Semiconductor Photovoltaics', Symposium C: 'Perovskite Solar Cells', Symposium D: 'Organic-Based Photovoltaics', and Symposium E: 'Advance Solar Cells-Components to Systems' - were held from April 6-10 at the 2015 MRS Spring Meeting in San Francisco, California. Solar photovoltaics represent the ultimate goal in the quest for clean, renewable electricity generation. This symposium proceedings volume represents the recent advances in inorganic thin-film compound solar cell materials, the emerging perovskite solar cells, organic solar cells, and components and systems of advanced solar cells. Each paper in this volume provides a glimpse of the exciting recent developments occurring in various solar cell technologies and components and systems. The papers convey the breadth of exciting advancements happening in the area of advanced solar cell research.

Part I. Advance Solar Cells-Components to Systems: 1. Advanced functional materials: intrinsic and doped silicon oxide
2. Effect of N doped amorphous layer between microcrystalline I/N layer on the performance of micromorph tandem solar cells
3. Comprehensive modelling and sizing of PV systems from location to load
4. Key technologies of heterojunction solar cell and module manufacturing
5. An overview of the Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics and the Australia-US Institute for Advanced Photovoltaics
6. Light emitting diodes in the experimental practice for the characterization of novel photovoltaics
7. Solar powered infotainment spot: design, feasibility study and fabrication of an autonomous PV system
8. Cu migration and its impact on the metastable behavior of CdTe solar cells
9. Antireflection coatings for solar panel power output enhancement
10. ZnO:B thin films made by two-step growth method
11. European metrology project for III-V materials based high efficiency multi-junction solar cells
12. Thin film silicon solar module encapsulation technology research
13. The development and application of high-efficiency low-cost silicon thin film solar cell
14. A new method of fabrication for multicolor transparent thin-film solar cell module
15. The application of infrared thermo-camera in testing of silicon-based thin-film solar cells
Part II. Thin Film Compound Semiconductor Photovoltaics: 16. Theoretical and experimental investigation of the recombination reduction at surface and grain boundaries in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells by valence band control
17. Incorporation of Cd1-x Mgx Te as an electron reflector for cadmium telluride photovoltaic cells
18. Extracting mobility-lifetime product in solar cell absorbers using quantum efficiency analysis
19. Advanced flexible CIGS solar cells enhanced by broadband nanostructured antireflection coatings
20. Optical characterization of solution prepared Cu2SnS3 for photovoltaic applications
21. Characterization of electron-induced defects in Cu (In, Ga) Se2 thin films by photoluminescence
22. Alternative etching for improved Cu-rich CuInSe2 solar cells
Part III. Perovskite Solar Cells: 23. Interface and nanostructural engineering of low-cost, efficient and stable perovskite solar cells
24. The effect of titanium oxide substrate on the film morphology and photoluminescence properties of organometal halide perovskites
25. High crystalline quality perovskite thin films prepared by a novel hybrid evaporation/CVD technique
26. Long-term stability of mixed perovskites
Part IV. Organic-Based Photovoltaics: 27. Low-temperature processed hybrid organic/silicon solar cells with power conversion efficiency up to 6.5%
28. Non-aqueous PEDOT:PSS dispersion for improved inverted organic solar cells
29. Novel linear and hyperbranched polythiophene derivatives containing diketopyrrolopyrroles as linking groups
30. Interface and nanostructural engineering of low-cost, efficient and stable perovskite solar cells-corrigendum.

Subject Areas: Materials science [TGM], Mechanical engineering & materials [TG]