Nanoimaging of Open-Circuit Voltage in Photovoltaic Devices

Solar cell efficiency tables (version 46)

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In Situ KPFM Imaging of Local Photovoltaic Characteristics of Structured Organic Photovoltaic Devices

(2014) Satoshi Watanabe et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Nanoscale Imaging of Photocurrent and Efficiency in CdTe Solar Cells

(2014) Marina S. Leite et al.   ACS Nano

Intensity-Modulated Scanning Kelvin Probe Microscopy for Probing Recombination in Organic Photovoltaics

(2014) Guozheng Shao et al.   ACS Nano

Cross-talk artefacts in Kelvin probe force microscopy imaging: A comprehensive study

(2014) S. Barbet et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Nanoscale Surface Potential Variation Correlates with Local S/Se Ratio in Solution-Processed CZTSSe Solar Cells

(2014) Michael Salvador et al.   NANO LETTERS

Controllable Self-Induced Passivation of Hybrid Lead Iodide Perovskites toward High Performance Solar Cells

(2014) Qi Chen et al.   NANO LETTERS

A low-cost non-toxic post-growth activation step for CdTe solar cells

(2014) J. D. Major et al.   NATURE

Light management for photovoltaics using high-index nanostructures

(2014) Mark L. Brongersma et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Observing Optical Plasmons on a Single Nanometer Scale

(2014) Moshik Cohen et al.   Scientific Reports

Life Beyond Diffraction: Opening New Routes to Materials Characterization with Next-Generation Optical Near-Field Approaches

(2013) P. James Schuck et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Electrical characterization of organic solar cell materials based on scanning force microscopy

(2013) Rüdiger Berger et al.   EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL

Gold nanoparticle coated silicon tips for Kelvin probe force microscopy in air

(2013) Silvia Hormeño et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Plasmonic near-field probes: a comparison of the campanile geometry with other sharp tips

(2013) Wei Bao et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Solar cell efficiency tables (version 43)

(2013) Martin A. Green et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Comparative study of Cu(In,Ga)Se2/CdS and Cu(In,Ga)Se2/In2S3 systems by surface photovoltage techniques

(2013) Th. Dittrich et al.   THIN SOLID FILMS

Scanning probe study on the photovoltaic characteristics of a Si solar cell by using Kelvin force microscopy and photoconductive atomic force microscopy

(2013) Jinhee Heo et al.   THIN SOLID FILMS

Measuring long-range carrier diffusion across multiple grains in polycrystalline semiconductors by photoluminescence imaging

(2013) K. Alberi et al.   Nature Communications

The Nanometer-Resolution Local Electrical Potential and Resistance Mapping of CdTe Thin Films

(2013) C.-S. Jiang et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Mapping the Local Photoelectronic Properties of Polycrystalline Solar Cells Through High Resolution Laser-Beam-Induced Current Microscopy

(2013) Marina S. Leite et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Diameter-Dependent Surface Photovoltage and Surface State Density in Single Semiconductor Nanowires

(2012) Afsoon Soudi et al.   NANO LETTERS

Toward quantitative Kelvin probe force microscopy of nanoscale potential distributions

(2012) Robert Baier et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Electrostatic Potentials at Cu(In,Ga)Se2Grain Boundaries: Experiment and Simulations

(2012) Sebastian S. Schmidt et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Mapping Local Charge Recombination Heterogeneity by Multidimensional Nanospectroscopic Imaging

(2012) W. Bao et al.   SCIENCE

Surface potential imaging of PV cells with a Kelvin probe

(2012) Chris Yang et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Strong Internal and External Luminescence as Solar Cells Approach the Shockley–Queisser Limit

(2012) Owen D. Miller et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Assessing Possibilities and Limits for Solar Cells

(2011) Pabitra K. Nayak et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin films and devices sputtered from a single target without additional selenization

(2011) J.A. Frantz et al.   THIN SOLID FILMS

Nanoscale measurements of local junction breakdown in epitaxial film silicon solar cells

(2010) M. J. Romero et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Nanostructure determines the intensity-dependence of open-circuit voltage in plastic solar cells

(2010) Obadiah G. Reid et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Investigation of potential and electric field profiles in cross sections of CdTe/CdS solar cells using scanning Kelvin probe microscopy

(2010) H. R. Moutinho et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Imaging the Carrier Photogeneration in Nanoscale Phase Segregated Organic Heterojunctions by Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy

(2010) Evan J. Spadafora et al.   NANO LETTERS

Large Integrated Absorption Enhancement in Plasmonic Solar Cells by Combining Metallic Gratings and Antireflection Coatings

(2010) Jeremy N. Munday et al.   NANO LETTERS

Development and optimization of scanning spreading resistance microscopy for measuring the two-dimensional carrier profile in solar cell structures

(2010) Pierre Eyben et al.   PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE

Near-field study of light scattering at rough interfaces of a-Si:H/µc-Si:H tandem solar cells

(2010) K. Bittkau et al.   PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE

Direct Evidence for a Reduced Density of Deep Level Defects at Grain Boundaries ofCu(In,Ga)Se2Thin Films

(2010) H. Mönig et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Large Neutral Barrier at Grain Boundaries in Chalcopyrite Thin Films

(2010) Michael Hafemeister et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Kelvin probe force microscopy and its application

(2010) Wilhelm Melitz et al.   SURFACE SCIENCE REPORTS

Overcoming recombination

(2009) Michael D. McGehee   Nature Photonics

Plasmonic solar cells

(2008) K. R. Catchpole et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS