Optical design considerations of rear-side dielectric for higher efficiency of PERC solar cells.

Higher reflectance of the rear-side dielectric stack, at the wavelength of the laser source used for ablation, reduces laser-induced damage and improves the open-circuit voltage of PERC silicon solar cells. The understanding of this correlation increases the working window of cost-effective nanosecond laser ablation of the rear-side dielectric for higher-efficiency industrial PERC-like solar cells.

Simultaneous improvements in power conversion efficiency and operational stability of polymer solar cells by interfacial engineering.

This article addresses simultaneous improvements in the photovoltaic performance and operational stability of organic photovoltaic devices (OPVs) in the inverted configuration when nanostructured ZnO characterized by a lower density of localized surface atomic energy states is employed as an electron transport layer. Two sets of devices with the configuration ITO/ZnO/P3HT:PCBM/MoO3/Ag are employed in the present study. A difference in the density of localized energy states in the band gap of ZnO was produced by altering the crystallinity by annealing the ZnO at two temperatures, viz.

Interaction of ammonia borane with Li2NH and Li3N.

Interaction of NH(3)BH(3) and Li(2)NH (or Li(3)N) in THF leads to the formation of NH(3) and LiNH(2)BH(3), which further react with each other and produce ca. 10 wt.% hydrogen at 45 degrees C.