Multi-junction solar cells paving the way for super high-efficiency

Efficient tandem solar cells with solution-processed perovskite on textured crystalline silicon

(2020) Yi Hou et al.   SCIENCE

Monolithic Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells: A Review of the Present Status and Advanced Characterization Methods Toward 30% Efficiency

(2020) Marko Jošt et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Six-junction III–V solar cells with 47.1% conversion efficiency under 143 Suns concentration

(2020) John F. Geisz et al.   Nature Energy

Hydrothermal deposition of antimony selenosulfide thin films enables solar cells with 10% efficiency

(2020) Rongfeng Tang et al.   Nature Energy

Two‐Terminal Direct Wafer‐Bonded GaInP/AlGaAs//Si Triple‐Junction Solar Cell with AM1.5g Efficiency of 34.1%

(2020) David Lackner et al.   Solar RRL

Reduced Dislocation Introduction in III–V/Si Heterostructures with Glide-Enhancing Compressively Strained Superlattices

(2020) Jacob T. Boyer et al.   CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN

Solar cell efficiency tables (version 57)

(2020) Martin Green et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cell with >29% efficiency by enhanced hole extraction

(2020) Amran Al-Ashouri et al.   SCIENCE

High Efficiency Inverted GaAs and GaInP/GaAs Solar Cells With Strain‐Balanced GaInAs/GaAsP Quantum Wells

(2020) Myles A. Steiner et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Recent Progress in Developing Monolithic Perovskite/Si Tandem Solar Cells

(2020) Na Liu et al.   Frontiers in Chemistry

Wide-Bandgap Metal Halide Perovskites for Tandem Solar Cells

(2020) Jinhui Tong et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Designing an Epitaxially-Integrated DBR for Dislocation Mitigation in Monolithic GaAsP/Si Tandem Solar Cells

(2020) Daniel L. Lepkowski et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Advanced Alkali Treatments for High‐Efficiency Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 Solar Cells on Flexible Substrates

(2019) Romain Carron et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Analytical Expressions for the Efficiency Limits of Radiatively Coupled Tandem Solar Cells

(2019) Andreas Pusch et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Sensitization of silicon by singlet exciton fission in tetracene

(2019) Markus Einzinger et al.   NATURE

Ultraefficient thermophotovoltaic power conversion by band-edge spectral filtering

(2019) Zunaid Omair et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Fabrication of monolithic CZTS/Si tandem cells by development of the intermediate connection

(2019) Matteo Valentini et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

Monolithic all-perovskite tandem solar cells with 24.8% efficiency exploiting comproportionation to suppress Sn(ii) oxidation in precursor ink

(2019) Renxing Lin et al.   Nature Energy

Voltage Matching, Étendue, and Ratchet Steps in Advanced-Concept Solar Cells

(2019) Andreas Pusch et al.   Physical Review Applied

High-efficiency inverted metamorphic 1.7/1.1 eV GaInAsP/GaInAs dual-junction solar cells

(2018) Nikhil Jain et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

A review of recent progress in heterogeneous silicon tandem solar cells

(2018) Masafumi Yamaguchi et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

Fully textured monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells with 25.2% power conversion efficiency

(2018) Florent Sahli et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Two-Terminal Tandem Solar Cells DSC/c-Si: Optimization of TiO2-based Photoelectrode Parameters

(2018) A. B. Nikolskaia et al.   SEMICONDUCTORS

Reassessment of intrinsic lifetime limit in n -type crystalline silicon and implication on maximum solar cell efficiency

(2018) Boris A. Veith-Wolf et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Highly efficient Ag-alloyed Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 solar cells with wide bandgaps and their application to chalcopyrite-based tandem solar cells

(2018) Kihwan Kim et al.   Nano Energy

Quantitative experimental assessment of hot carrier-enhanced solar cells at room temperature

(2018) Dac-Trung Nguyen et al.   Nature Energy

Optical modeling of structured silicon-based tandem solar cells and module stacks

(2018) Nico Tucher et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

High-performance perovskite/Cu(In,Ga)Se2 monolithic tandem solar cells

(2018) Qifeng Han et al.   SCIENCE

Organic and solution-processed tandem solar cells with 17.3% efficiency

(2018) Lingxian Meng et al.   SCIENCE

Crystalline silicon solar cells with tetracene interlayers: the path to silicon-singlet fission heterojunction devices

(2018) Rowan W. MacQueen et al.   Materials Horizons

Minority carrier diffusion length, lifetime and mobility in p-type GaAs and GaInAs

(2017) M. Niemeyer et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Multijunction solar cell design revisited: disruption of current matching by atmospheric absorption bands

(2017) William E. McMahon et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

A manufacturing cost estimation method with uncertainty analysis and its application to perovskite on glass photovoltaic modules

(2017) Nathan L. Chang et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Analysis for efficiency potential of high-efficiency and next-generation solar cells

(2017) Masafumi Yamaguchi et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Simulations of chalcopyrite/c-Si tandem cells using SCAPS-1D

(2017) Kihwan Kim et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

Performance prediction of chalcopyrite-based dual-junction tandem solar cells

(2017) Kihwan Kim et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

A Silicon–Singlet Fission Tandem Solar Cell Exceeding 100% External Quantum Efficiency with High Spectral Stability

(2017) Luis M. Pazos-Outón et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Silicon heterojunction solar cell with interdigitated back contacts for a photoconversion efficiency over 26%

(2017) Kunta Yoshikawa et al.   Nature Energy

Raising the one-sun conversion efficiency of III–V/Si solar cells to 32.8% for two junctions and 35.9% for three junctions

(2017) Stephanie Essig et al.   Nature Energy

Low-bandgap conjugated polymers enabling solution-processable tandem solar cells

(2017) Gang Li et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Dependence of the photovoltaic performance of pseudomorphic InGaN/GaN multiple-quantum-well solar cells on the active region thickness

(2016) Anna Mukhtarova et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Four-Junction Wafer-Bonded Concentrator Solar Cells

(2016) Frank Dimroth et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

GaAs0.75P0.25/Si Dual-Junction Solar Cells Grown by MBE and MOCVD

(2016) Tyler J. Grassman et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Selecting tandem partners for silicon solar cells

(2016) Zhengshan (Jason) Yu et al.   Nature Energy

Antagonism between Spin–Orbit Coupling and Steric Effects Causes Anomalous Band Gap Evolution in the Perovskite Photovoltaic Materials CH3NH3Sn1–xPbxI3

(2015) Jino Im et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Thin-film Sb2Se3 photovoltaics with oriented one-dimensional ribbons and benign grain boundaries

(2015) Ying Zhou et al.   Nature Photonics

Rear side sphere gratings for improved light trapping in crystalline silicon single junction and silicon-based tandem solar cells

(2015) Johannes Eisenlohr et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Monolithic Perovskite-CIGS Tandem Solar Cells via In Situ Band Gap Engineering

(2015) Teodor Todorov et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Assessing the Efficiency of Advanced Multijunction Solar Cells in Real Working Conditions: A Theoretical Analysis

(2015) Alexis Vossier et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Generalized Optoelectronic Model of Series-Connected Multijunction Solar Cells

(2015) John F. Geisz et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Quadruple-Junction Inverted Metamorphic Concentrator Devices

(2015) Ryan M. France et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Basic limit for the efficiency of coherence-limited solar power conversion

(2014) Heylal Mashaal et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Practical Limits of Multijunction Solar Cell Performance Enhancement From Radiative Coupling Considering Realistic Spectral Conditions

(2014) Ngai Lam Alvin Chan et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Effect of Luminescent Coupling on the Optimal Design of Multijunction Solar Cells

(2014) Daniel J. Friedman et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Optical enhancement of the open-circuit voltage in high quality GaAs solar cells

(2013) M. A. Steiner et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Reassessment of the Limiting Efficiency for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells

(2013) Armin Richter et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

High-efficiency InAs/GaAs quantum dot solar cells by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition

(2012) Katsuaki Tanabe et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Time-Asymmetric Photovoltaics

(2012) Martin A. Green   NANO LETTERS

Validation of energy prediction method for a concentrator photovoltaic module in Toyohashi Japan

(2012) Ngai Lam Alvin Chan et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

InGaN Solar Cells: Present State of the Art and Important Challenges

(2012) Ashraful Ghani Bhuiyan et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

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

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

Measuring IV Curves and Subcell Photocurrents in the Presence of Luminescent Coupling

(2012) Myles A. Steiner et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Radiative efficiency of state-of-the-art photovoltaic cells

(2011) Martin A. Green   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Single-crystal II-VI on Si single-junction and tandem solar cells

(2010) M. Carmody et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Effects of polarization charge on the photovoltaic properties of InGaN solar cells

(2010) Z. Q. Li et al.   PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE

Fundamental losses in solar cells

(2010) Louise C. Hirst et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Current-matched triple-junction solar cell reaching 41.1% conversion efficiency under concentrated sunlight

(2009) Wolfgang Guter et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Light trapping in thin-film silicon solar cells with integrated diffraction grating

(2009) Rahul Dewan et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

40.8% efficient inverted triple-junction solar cell with two independently metamorphic junctions

(2008) J. F. Geisz et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Surface electronic properties of n- and p-type InGaN alloys

(2008) P. D. C. King et al.   PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI B-BASIC SOLID STATE PHYSICS