Energy-Harvesting Asymmetry in Semitransparent Polymer Solar-Cells Based on a Laminated Transparent Electrode

Jul 6, 2026 | Application, Applications, Optical Metrology, Reflectance, Thin Film, Thin Film, Transmission, UV-VIS Absorption

Changhun Yun; Moon Hee Kang Abstract Semitransparent polymer solar cells (ST-PSCs) with laminated transparent electrodes are promising candidates for building-integrated photovoltaics. However, the optical mechanisms governing their bidirectional performance remain...

Wideband nanocomposite antireflective coating based on aluminium dry powder nanoparticles embedded into a photopolymer matrix for solar cells application

Jul 2, 2026 | Application, Applications, Optical Metrology, Reflectance, Thin Film, Thin Film, Transmission, UV-VIS Absorption

P. A. Sánchez, S. Valdueza-Felip, M. Sun, F. B. Naranjo & Ó. Esteban Abstract We present a low-cost method to implement a single-layer antireflective coating (ARC) including metallic nanoparticles embedded into a polymer matrix. This ARC shows an almost flat...

InGaN/GaN multi-quantum-well solar cells under high solar concentration and elevated temperatures for hybrid solar thermal-photovoltaic power plants

Jun 14, 2022 | Application, Applications, Solar SpectroRadiometry, Thin Film

Gilad Moses, Xuanqi Huang, Yuji Zhao,Matthias Auf der Maur, Eugene A. Katz, Jeffrey M. Gordon Abstract Hybrid solar electricity generation combines the high efficiency of photovoltaics (PVs) with the dispatchability of solar thermal power plants. Recent thermodynamic...

Defects rich nanostructured black zinc oxide formed by nanosecond pulsed laser irradiation in liquid

May 3, 2022 | Application, Applications, Chemistry, Fluorescence, Raman, Thin Film, UV-VIS Absorption

Sreed Sharma Kanakkillam, Bindu Krishnan, Selene Sepulveda Guzman, Josue Amilcar Aguilar Martinez, David Avellaneda Avellaneda, Sadasivan Shaji Abstract Zinc oxide (ZnO) is a wide bandgap semiconductor for energy applications while the spectral absorption only in UV...

Effect of SILAR Cycles on the Thickness, Structural, Optical Properties of Cobalt Selenide Thin Films

Jul 30, 2021 | Application, Applications, Optical Metrology, Thin Film, Thin Film, Transmission

Egwunyenga, N.J.; Onuabuchi, V.C.;, Okoli, N.L.; and Nwankwo, I.E. Abstract Cobalt Selenide thin films were fabricated using Successive Ionic Layer Adsorption and Reaction (SILAR) deposition technique at different SILAR cycles. The precursors for Cobalt and Selenium...

Hydrogen sulfide splitting using solar energy and hematite photo-anodes

May 18, 2019 | Application, Applications, Chemistry, Fluorescence, Reflectance, Thin Film

SV Kuznetsov, AS Nizamutdinov, MN Mayakova… Abstract The forecast for the development of renewable energy [1], conducted by Fraunhofer ISE, showed that by 2030, humanity will reach the terawatt power generation capacity through photovoltaic devices. About 95 percent...

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