Tandem solar cells are widely considered the industry’s next step in photovoltaics because of their excellent power conversion efficiency. Since halide perovskite absorber material was developed, it has been feasible to develop tandem solar cel...
Perovskite-based solar cells are a promising photovoltaic technology capable of offering higher conversion efficiency at low costs compared with the standard of the market. They can be produced via a thin film technology that allows for considerable...
It is necessary to devise innovative techniques to design new high-performance tandem solar cells to meet increasing energy needs. In this study, the theoretical efficiency of intermediate band solar cells (IBSCs) was increased by integrating them wi...
The tandem solar cell presents a potential solution to surpass the Shockley–Queisser limit observed in single-junction solar cells. However, creating a tandem device that is both cost-effective and highly efficient poses a significant challenge...
Herein, we reported the simulation study of lead (Pb)-free all-perovskite tandem solar cells using SCAPS-1D. Tandem solar cells are comprised of two different cells which are known as the top cell and the bottom cell. We simulated tandem solar cells...
PV technology offers a sustainable solution to the increased energy demand especially based on mono- and polycrystalline silicon solar cells. The most recent years have allowed the successful development of perovskite and tandem heterojunction Si-bas...
Although the fundamental limits have been established for the single junction solar cells, tandem configurations are one of the promising approaches to surpass these limits. One of the candidates for the top cell absorber is CdTe, as the CdTe photovo...
Perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells are of great interest due to their potential for breaking the Shockley-Queisser limit of single-junction silicon solar cells. Perovskite solar cells are widely used as the top subcells in perovskite/silicon tande...
In order to surmount the Shockley–Queisser efficiency barrier of single-junction solar devices, tandem solar cells (TSCs) have shown a potential solution. Organic and Si materials can be promising candidates for the front and rear cells in TSCs...
Organic and perovskite semiconductor materials are considered an interesting combination thanks to their similar processing technologies and band gap tunability. Here, we present the design and analysis of perovskite/organic tandem solar cells (TSCs)...
Perovskite/Si tandem solar cells (PSTSCs) have emerged as a leading candidate for surpassing the Shockley–Queisser (SQ) efficiency limit inherent to single-junction silicon solar cells. Following their inaugural demonstration in 2015, perovskit...
Monolithic perovskite–silicon tandem solar cells with MoOx hole selective contact silicon bottom solar cells show a power conversion efficiency of 8%. A thin 15 nm-thick MoOx contact to n-type Si was used instead of a standard p+ emitter to collect h...
Perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells have garnered considerable interest due to their potential to surpass the Shockley–Queisser limit of single-junction Si solar cells. The rapidly advanced efficiencies of perovskite/silicon tandem solar cell...
Organic solar cells have narrow absorption windows, compared to the absorption band of inorganic semiconductors. A possible way to capture a wider band of the solar spectrum—and thus increasing the power conversion efficiency—is using more solar cell...
Perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells have strong potential for high efficiency and low cost photovoltaics. In monolithic (two-terminal) configurations, one key element is the interconnection region of the two subcells, which should be designed for o...
The unprecedented development of perovskite-silicon (PSC-Si) tandem solar cells in the last five years has been hindered by several challenges towards industrialization, which require further research. The combination of the low cost of perovskite an...
Perovskite/organic tandem solar cells, as a next-generation high-efficiency photovoltaic technology, integrate the tunable bandgap characteristics of perovskite materials with the broad spectral absorption advantages of organic semiconductors, demons...
The tandem pn-type dye-sensitized solar cells (pn-DSCs) have received much attention in the field of photovoltaic technologies because of their great potential to overcome the Shockley-Queisser efficiency limitation that applies to single junction ph...
The increasing demand for high-efficiency photovoltaic technologies has intensified research into tandem solar cells (TSCs) as a promising strategy to surpass the performance limits of single-junction devices. In this study, a comprehensive optoelect...
In the competition of solar cell efficiency, besides top-performance multijunction cells, tandem cells based on perovskites are also breaking efficiency records to enter into the 30% range. Their design takes advantage of the rapid development of per...
Tandem solar cells, based on perovskite and crystalline silicon absorbers, are promising candidates for commercial applications. Tin oxide (SnO2), applied via the spin-coating method, has been among the most used electron transfer layers in normal (n...
In this work, nickel silicide was applied to tandem solar cells as an interlayer. By the process of thermal evaporation, a layer of NiOx, hole transport layer (HTL) was deposited on n+ poly-Si layer directly. Nickel silicide was simultaneously formed...
Crystalline silicon solar cells have long dominated the global photovoltaic market due to their mature manufacturing processes, excellent stability, and abundant raw material reserves, accounting for over 90% of the total PV market share. However, si...
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have attracted significant attention as next-generation photovoltaic devices due to their low cost, simple fabrication process, use of earth-abundant materials, and potential for colour tunability and transparency....
Tandem solar cells (TSCs) perform a better adaptation of the incident photons in different-energy-level bandgap materials, and overcome the Shockley–Queisser limit, but they require advanced control over the management of light for optimum perf...
All-perovskite tandem solar cells (APTSCs) offer a promising pathway to surpassing the efficiency limits of single-junction photovoltaics. The wide-bandgap (WBG) subcell, serving as the top absorber, plays a critical role in optimizing light harvesti...
Tandem solar cells offer a promising route to surpass single-junction efficiency limits. The amorphous silicon (a-Si)/lead sulfide quantum dot (PbS QD) configuration is a strong candidate for broadband solar spectrum utilization. Planar devices with...
Mechanical stacking of a thin film perovskite-based solar cell on top of crystalline Si (cSi) solar cell has recently attracted a lot of attention as it is considered a viable route to overcome the limitations of cSi single junction power conversion...
Halide perovskite based solar cells (PSC’s) have shown tremendous potential based on its facile fabrication technique, and the low cost of perovskite thin film formation with efficiency passing through an unmatched growth in recent years. High...
Tandem solar cells have the potential to be more efficient than the Shockley–Queisser limit imposed on single junction cells. In this study, optical and electrical modeling based on experimental data were used to investigate the possibility of...
We propose a novel method to pattern the charge recombination layer (CRL) with a low-temperature solution-processable ZnO layer (under 150 °C) for organic solar cell applications. Due to the optimal drying process and thermal annealing condition,...
Epitaxial growth of III–V materials on Si is a promising approach for large-scale, relatively low-cost, and high-efficiency Si-based multi-junction solar cells. Several micron-thick III–V compositionally graded buffers are typically grown...
Modern multi-junction solar cell technology offers a pathway to achieving consistent and high photovoltaic conversion efficiencies through enhanced solar spectrum absorption. Indeed, during the last years, the industries of solar cells have focused o...
Impedance spectroscopy (IS) is a powerful tool for analyzing the physical mechanisms occurring in single-junction solar cells. However, identifying the impedance responses of the top and bottom sub-cells within a tandem solar cell remains challenging...
A metal oxide-based interconnecting and window layer consisting of a molybdenum oxide (MoO3)/Zn-doped In2O3 (IZO) bilayer was investigated in efficient solution-processed perovskite/n-Si monolithic tandem solar cells using formamidinium cesium lead t...
The current study introduces a two-terminal (2T) thin-film tandem solar cell (TSC) comprised of a polymer-based top sub cell and a thin crystalline silicon (c-Si) bottom sub cell. The photoactive layer of the top sub cell is a blend of PDTBTBz-2F as...
The aim of the paper was to determine the morphology of the layers and the microstructure of the transition zone present in the proposed tandem solar structure. The bottom-silicon solar cell plays a double role: first as a highly porous non-reflectin...
This study examined the impact of temperature optimization on indium tin oxide (ITO) films in monolithic HJT/perovskite tandem solar cells. ITO films were deposited using magnetron sputtering at temperatures ranging from room temperature (25 °C)...
The low bandgap antimony selenide (Sb2Se3) and wide bandgap organic solar cell (OSC) can be considered suitable bottom and top subcells for use in tandem solar cells. Some properties of these complementary candidates are their non-toxicity and cost-a...
The development of photoelectrochemical tandem cells for water splitting with electrodes entirely based on metal oxides is hindered by the scarcity of stable p-type oxides and the poor stability of oxides in strongly alkaline and, particularly, stron...
The integration of perovskite with silicon for constructing tandem solar cells (TSCs) represents a promising route in photovoltaic technology. The hybrid sequential deposition (HSD) method, combining thermal evaporation and spin-coating, is crucial f...
Tandem solar cells (TSCs) have attracted prodigious attention for their high efficiency, which can surmount the Shockley–Queisser limit for single-junction solar cells. Flexible TSCs are lightweight and cost-effective, and are considered a prom...
Recently, the development of tandem devices has become one of the main strategies for further improving the efficiency of photovoltaic modules. In this regard, combining well-established Si technology with thin film technology is one of the most prom...
In this work, simulations were performed to optimize the parameters of a lead-free perovskite/silicon tandem solar cell for the improved efficiency and stability of commercial devices. The top sub-cell is based on a lead-free perovskite with a large...
This research study conducts a computational analysis of a two-terminal (2T) Perovskite-on-silicon (PVK-Si) solar cell with a tandem configuration. The motivation for this analysis arises from the outstanding potential of PVK-Si solar cells to surpas...
In this study, we investigated the pathways for integration of perovskite and silicon solar cells through variation of the properties of the interconnecting layer (ICL). The user-friendly computer simulation software wxAMPS was used to conduct the in...
Carbon-protected BiVO4 photoanode and Cu2O photocathode tandem photoelectrochemical (PEC) system has been explored to reduce surface recombination and enhance the stability of the photoelectrodes. In addition to the carbon layer, the electrodeposited...
Transparent conductive aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO) films were investigated as potential recombination layers for perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells, comparing the results of atomic layer deposition (ALD) and magnetron sputtering (MS) on vertic...
The polymer solar cells also known as organic solar cells (OSCs) have drawn attention due to their cynosure in industrial manufacturing because of their promising properties such as low weight, highly flexible, and low-cost production. However, low η...
While high-dose therapy and autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) remain integral to the primary treatment of newly diagnosed transplant-elble multiple myeloma (MM) patients, the challenge of disease progression persists. The primary objective of th...
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