Photovoltaic materials: Present efficiencies and future challenges

20.8% PERC Solar Cell on 156 mm × 156 mm P-Type Multicrystalline Silicon Substrate

(2016) Weiwei Deng et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Compositional engineering of perovskite materials for high-performance solar cells

(2015) Nam Joong Jeon et al.   NATURE

Solar cell efficiency tables (version 47)

(2015) Martin A. Green et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Performance Limits and Status of Single-Junction Solar Cells With Emphasis on CIGS

(2015) Marko Topic et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Dependence of the Efficiency Improvement of Black-Dye-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells on Alkyl Chain Length of Quaternary Ammonium Cations in Electrolyte Solutions

(2014) Hironobu Ozawa et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Light management for photovoltaics using high-index nanostructures

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

Improved performance and stability in quantum dot solar cells through band alignment engineering

(2014) Chia-Hao M. Chuang et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Low-temperature solution-processed wavelength-tunable perovskites for lasing

(2014) Guichuan Xing et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Properties of Cu(In,Ga)Se2solar cells with new record efficiencies up to 21.7%

(2014) Philip Jackson et al.   Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters

Thermodynamics of light management in photovoltaic devices

(2014) Uwe Rau et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Solar cell efficiency tables (Version 45)

(2014) Martin A. Green et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

11.0%-Efficient Thin-Film Microcrystalline Silicon Solar Cells With Honeycomb Textured Substrates

(2014) Hitoshi Sai et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Microcrystalline Silicon Solar Cells with 10.5% Efficiency Realized by Improved Photon Absorption via Periodic Textures and Highly Transparent Conductive Oxide

(2013) Hitoshi Sai et al.   Applied Physics Express

Bandgap determination based on electrical quantum efficiency

(2013) Henning Helmers et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Enhanced external radiative efficiency for 20.8% efficient single-junction GaInP solar cells

(2013) J. F. Geisz et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Device Characteristics of CZTSSe Thin-Film Solar Cells with 12.6% Efficiency

(2013) Wei Wang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Reassessment of the Limiting Efficiency for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells

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

Highly efficient GaAs solar cells by limiting light emission angle

(2013) Emily D Kosten et al.   Light-Science & Applications

Photonic design principles for ultrahigh-efficiency photovoltaics

(2012) Albert Polman et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Solar cell efficiency tables (version 41)

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

High-Efficiency Solar Cell with Earth-Abundant Liquid-Processed Absorber

(2010) Teodor K. Todorov et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Plasmonics for improved photovoltaic devices

(2010) Harry A. Atwater et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Development status of high-efficiency HIT solar cells

(2010) Takahiro Mishima et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

A Review of Ultrahigh Efficiency III-V Semiconductor Compound Solar Cells: Multijunction Tandem, Lower Dimensional, Photonic Up/Down Conversion and Plasmonic Nanometallic Structures

(2009) Katsuaki Tanabe   Energies

Efficiency Limits of Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2009) Thomas Kirchartz et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C