Physical and chemical aspects at the interface and in the bulk of CuInSe2-based thin-film photovoltaics

Study of open circuit voltage loss mechanism in perovskite solar cells

(2021) Yulu He et al.   JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Examination of Suitable Bandgap Grading of Cu(InGa)Se 2 Bottom Absorber Layers for Tandem Cell Application

(2021) Changwook Jeong et al.   PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE

Impact of Cu-deficient p-n heterointerface in CuGaSe2 photovoltaic devices

(2021) Shogo Ishizuka   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Study of defect properties and recombination mechanism in rubidium treated Cu(In, Ga)Se2 solar cells

(2021) Hamidou Tangara et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Effect of the double grading on the internal electric field and on the carrier collection in CIGS solar cells

(2021) Alban Lafuente-Sampietro et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Role of the Cu -Deficient Interface in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Thin-Film Photovoltaics with Alkali-Metal Doping

(2021) Shogo Ishizuka et al.   Physical Review Applied

Feasibility of a Full Chalcopyrite Tandem Solar Cell: A Quantitative Numerical Approach

(2021) Kunal Jogendra Tiwari et al.   Solar RRL

CuInSe2 and related I–III–VI2 chalcopyrite compounds for photovoltaic application

(2021) Takahiro Wada   JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

How band tail recombination influences the open‐circuit voltage of solar cells

(2021) Max Hilaire Wolter et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Solar cell efficiency tables (Version 58)

(2021) Martin A. Green et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Enhancement of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells efficiency by controlling the formation of Cu-deficient layer

(2020) Seunghwan Ji et al.   JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Transparent Electrode and Buffer Layer Combination for Reducing Carrier Recombination and Optical Loss Realizing over a 22%-Efficient Cd-Free Alkaline-Treated Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 Solar Cell by the All-Dry Process

(2020) Jakapan Chantana et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Lithium-Doping Effects in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Thin-Film and Photovoltaic Properties

(2020) Shogo Ishizuka et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Control of electronic structure in Cu(In, Ga)(S, Se)2 for high-efficiency solar cells

(2020) Tsuyoshi Maeda et al.   JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Effect of cesium for Cu(In,Ga)Se2 and Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 films studied by depth-resolved XAFS

(2020) Kosuke Beppu et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Impact of Urbach energy on open-circuit voltage deficit of thin-film solar cells

(2020) Jakapan Chantana et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Interfacial modification mechanism by aging effect for high-performance Cd-free and all-dry process Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 solar cells

(2020) Takahito Nishimura et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Wavelength-dependent J–V characteristics of CuIn1-x Ga x (S,Se)2 solar cells and carrier recombination

(2019) Alban Lafuente-Sampietro et al.   Applied Physics Express

Time-resolved photoluminescence on double graded Cu(In,Ga)Se2 – Impact of front surface recombination and its temperature dependence

(2019) Thomas Paul Weiss et al.   SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF ADVANCED MATERIALS

Characteristics of Zn1−xMgxO:B and its application as transparent conductive oxide layer in Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 solar cells with and without CdS buffer layer

(2019) Jakapan Chantana et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

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

(2019) Romain Carron et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Guide for the perplexed to the Shockley–Queisser model for solar cells

(2019) Jean-Francois Guillemoles et al.   Nature Photonics

Comparison of Ag and Ga alloying in low bandgap CuInSe2-based solar cells

(2019) Nicholas Valdes et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Effects of Cu(In,Ga)3Se5 defect phase layer in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin film solar cells

(2019) B. Namnuan et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS

Aging Effect of a Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se) 2 Absorber on the Photovoltaic Performance of Its Cd‐Free Solar Cell Fabricated by an All‐Dry Process: Its Carrier Recombination Analysis

(2019) Jakapan Chantana et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Effectiveness of an RbF Post Deposition Treatment of CIGS Solar Cells in Dependence on the Cu Content of the Absorber Layer

(2019) Tim Kodalle et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Cd-Free Cu(In,Ga)(Se,S)2 Thin-Film Solar Cell With Record Efficiency of 23.35%

(2019) Motoshi Nakamura et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

20% Efficient Zn0.9Mg0.1O:Al/Zn0.8Mg0.2O/Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 Solar Cell Prepared by All-Dry Process through a Combination of Heat-Light-Soaking and Light-Soaking Processes

(2018) Jakapan Chantana et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Single-crystal Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells grown on GaAs substrates

(2018) Jiro Nishinaga et al.   Applied Physics Express

Rubidium distribution at atomic scale in high efficient Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin-film solar cells

(2018) Arantxa Vilalta-Clemente et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Investigation of correlation between open-circuit voltage deficit and carrier recombination rates in Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2-based thin-film solar cells

(2018) Jakapan Chantana et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Analysis of future generation solar cells and materials

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

Relationship between bandgap grading and carrier recombination for Cu(In,Ga)Se2-based solar cells

(2018) Yuta Ando et al.   JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Group III Elemental Composition Dependence of RbF Postdeposition Treatment Effects on Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Thin Films and Solar Cells

(2018) Shogo Ishizuka et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Enhancement of photovoltaic performances of Cu (In,Ga)(S,Se)2 solar cell through combination of heat-light soaking and light soaking processes

(2018) Jakapan Chantana et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Sodium enhances indium-gallium interdiffusion in copper indium gallium diselenide photovoltaic absorbers

(2018) Diego Colombara et al.   Nature Communications

Direct insights into RbInSe2 formation at Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin film surface with RbF postdeposition treatment

(2018) Noboru Taguchi et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Chemical crystallographic investigation on Cu2S-In2S3-Ga2S3 ternary system

(2018) A. Thomere et al.   THIN SOLID FILMS

Influence of heavy alkali post deposition treatment on wide gap Cu(In,Ga)Se2

(2018) Setareh Zahedi-Azad et al.   THIN SOLID FILMS

Record Efficiency for Thin-Film Polycrystalline Solar Cells Up to 22.9% Achieved by Cs-Treated Cu(In,Ga)(Se,S)2

(2018) Takuya Kato et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

From 20.9 to 22.3% Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 solar cell: Reduced recombination rate at the heterojunction and the depletion region due to K-treatment

(2017) Kong Fai Tai et al.   JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Cu(In,Ga)(Se,S)2solar cell research in Solar Frontier: Progress and current status

(2017) Takuya Kato   JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Effect of Alkali Metal Atom Doping on the CuInSe2-Based Solar Cell Absorber

(2017) M. Malitckaya et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

KF post deposition treatment in co-evaporated Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin film solar cells: Beneficial or detrimental effect induced by the absorber characteristics

(2017) Thomas Lepetit et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Influence of Na on grain boundary and properties of Cu(In,Ga)Se2solar cells

(2017) Mohit Raghuwanshi et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Crystallographic and optical properties of CuGa 3 S 5 , CuGa 3 Se 5 and CuIn 3 (S,Se) 5 and CuGa 3 (S,Se) 5 systems

(2017) Kenta Ueda et al.   THIN SOLID FILMS

Enhanced Efficiency of Cd-Free Cu(In,Ga)(Se,S)2 Minimodule Via (Zn,Mg)O Second Buffer Layer and Alkali Metal Post-Treatment

(2017) Takuya Kato et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Impact of a RbF Postdeposition Treatment on the Electronic Structure of the CdS/Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Heterojunction in High-Efficiency Thin-Film Solar Cells

(2017) D. Hauschild et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Band gap widening at random CIGS grain boundary detected by valence electron energy loss spectroscopy

(2016) Debora Keller et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Crystallographic and optical properties and band structures of CuInSe2, CuIn3Se5, and CuIn5Se8phases in Cu-poor Cu2Se–In2Se3pseudo-binary system

(2016) Tsuyoshi Maeda et al.   JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Effects of heavy alkali elements in Cu(In,Ga)Se2solar cells with efficiencies up to 22.6%

(2016) Philip Jackson et al.   Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters

Potassium Postdeposition Treatment-Induced Band Gap Widening at Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Surfaces – Reason for Performance Leap?

(2015) Evelyn Handick et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Features of KF and NaF Postdeposition Treatments of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Absorbers for High Efficiency Thin Film Solar Cells

(2015) Patrick Reinhard et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

First-principles study on alkali-metal effect of Li, Na, and K in CuInSe2and CuGaSe2

(2015) Tsuyoshi Maeda et al.   JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Alkali-Templated Surface Nanopatterning of Chalcogenide Thin Films: A Novel Approach Toward Solar Cells with Enhanced Efficiency

(2015) Patrick Reinhard et al.   NANO LETTERS

A comparative study of Cd- and Zn-compound buffer layers on Cu(In1−x,Gax)(Sy,Se1−y)2thin film solar cells

(2015) Taizo Kobayashi et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Temperature dependence of the radiative recombination coefficient in crystalline silicon from spectral photoluminescence

(2014) Hieu T. Nguyen et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Unveiling the effects of post-deposition treatment with different alkaline elements on the electronic properties of CIGS thin film solar cells

(2014) Fabian Pianezzi et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Structural tuning of wide-gap chalcopyrite CuGaSe2thin films and highly efficient solar cells: differences from narrow-gap Cu(In,Ga)Se2

(2014) Shogo Ishizuka et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

A recombination analysis of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells with low and high Ga compositions

(2014) Jian V. Li et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Reformulation of solar cell physics to facilitate experimental separation of recombination pathways

(2013) Sachit Grover et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

First-Principles Study of Diffusion of Cu and In Atoms in CuInSe2

(2013) Satoshi Nakamura et al.   JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Dielectric function of Cu(In, Ga)Se2-based polycrystalline materials

(2013) Shota Minoura et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Potassium-induced surface modification of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin films for high-efficiency solar cells

(2013) Adrian Chirilă et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

First-principles calculations of diffusion of constituent atoms in CuGaSe2

(2013) Satoshi Nakamura et al.   PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE

Energy payback time and carbon footprint of commercial photovoltaic systems

(2013) M.J. (Mariska) de Wild-Scholten   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Formation of CuInSe2and CuGaSe2Thin-Films Deposited by Three-Stage Thermal Co-Evaporation: A Real-Time X-Ray Diffraction and Fluorescence Study

(2013) Humberto Rodriguez-Alvarez et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

The CuInSe2–CuIn3Se5 defect compound interface: Electronic structure and band alignment

(2012) A. Hofmann et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Refitted tetrahedral covalent radii for solids

(2012) Pekka Pyykkö   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Direct Insight into Grain Boundary Reconstruction in PolycrystallineCu(In,Ga)Se2with Atomic Resolution

(2012) Daniel Abou-Ras et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Solar cell efficiency tables (version 41)

(2012) Martin A. Green et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Sodium-doped molybdenum back contacts for flexible Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells

(2012) Patrick Blösch et al.   THIN SOLID FILMS

An investigation of band profile around the grain boundary of Cu(InGa)Se2 solar cell material by scanning probe microscopy

(2011) Masaki Takihara et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

New world record efficiency for Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin-film solar cells beyond 20%

(2011) Philip Jackson et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Determination of the minority carrier diffusion length in compositionally graded Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells using electron beam induced current

(2010) Gregory Brown et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Influence of Na on Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells grown on polyimide substrates at low temperature: Impact on the Cu(In,Ga)Se2/Mo interface

(2010) R. Caballero et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Grain Boundary Evaluation of Cu(In1-xGax)Se2Solar Cells

(2010) Masahiro Kawamura et al.   JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Monolithically integrated flexible Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cell submodules

(2010) Shogo Ishizuka et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Chemical and electronic surface structure of 20%-efficient Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin film solar cell absorbers

(2009) M. Bär et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Na-induced variations in the structural, optical, and electrical properties of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin films

(2009) Shogo Ishizuka et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

The Zn(S,O,OH)/ZnMgO buffer in thin-film Cu(In,Ga)(Se,S)2-based solar cells part II: Magnetron sputtering of the ZnMgO buffer layer for in-line co-evaporated Cu(In,Ga)Se2solar cells

(2009) D. Hariskos et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Surface photovoltage spectroscopy in a Kelvin probe force microscope under ultrahigh vacuum

(2009) F. Streicher et al.   REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS

Alkali incorporation control in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin films using silicate thin layers and applications in enhancing flexible solar cell efficiency

(2008) Shogo Ishizuka et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Flexible Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells fabricated using alkali-silicate glass thin layers as an alkali source material

(2008) Shogo Ishizuka et al.   Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy