Wafer thickness optimization for silicon solar cells of heterogeneous material quality

In this Letter, we introduce a method of calculating the optimal wafer thickness for silicon solar cells with multicrystalline bulk material. The optimal thickness depends on the relation of bulk recombination to surface recombination and the light trapping. For multicrystalline silicon bulk recombination strongly varies laterally and with injection level, which complicates the calculations. A thickness optimization using the “Efficiency Limiting Bulk Recombination Analysis” (ELBA) takes all these effects correctly into account. (© 2013 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Condis Crystals of Small Molecules III. Thermal Analysis of Plastic and Condis Crystals of some Cyclosilanes

Three cyclic methyl and ethyl substituted silanes were synthesized and their thermal properties analyzed. All show a plastic crystalline state which permits also ring and/or side-chain conformational motion as judged from the enthalpies of transition to the isotropic state. Heat capacity data and entropies of disordering into the plastic crystal leave open the possibility of a condis (conformationally disordered) state below the plastic crystal state with a continuous, transitionless freezing of the conformational motion at lower temperature.     

BILDUNG UND SPALTUNG VON 3-THIETANON

Abstract

3-Thietanone (3a) reacts rapidly with methanolic sodium hydrogen sulfide to form a mixture of products wherein 2,4-dimethylthiophene-3-thiol (9), the corresponding disulfide (10) and 3,6-dimethyl-7-oxa-2,5-dithiabicyclc [2.2.1]-heptane (7) could be detected. These products are explained to be derived from the unstable 1-mercapto-2-propanone (5) formed by reductive cleavage of the thietanone ring. The cleavage is postulated to occur by attack of hydrogensulfide ion at the ring sulfur. 3-Thietanone can be synthesized from 3-thietanol by oxidation with dimethyl sulfoxide/benzoic acid anhydride.

3-Thietanon (3a) reagiert rasch mit methanolischem Natriumhydrogensulfid zu einem Produktgemisch, in dem 2,4-Dimethylthiophen-3-thiol (9), das entsprechende Disulfid (10) und 3,6-Dimethyl-7-oxa-2,5-dithiabicyclo [2.2.1]-heptan (7) nachgewiesen werden konnten. Diese Produkte lassen sich aus dem instabilen 1-Mercapto-2-propanon (5) ableiten, welches durch reduktive Spaltung des Thietanon-Ringes gebildet wird. Für die Spaltung wird ein Angriff des Hydrogensulfidions am Ringschwefel postuliert. 3-Thietanon kann aus 3-Thietanol durch Oxidation mit Dimethyl-sulfoxid/Benzoesäureanhydrid synthetisiert werden.     

Poly[N‐(10‐oxo‐2‐vinylanthracen‐9(10H)‐ylidene)cyanamide] as a novel cathode material for li‐organic batteries

Redox‐active polymers draw significant attention as active material in secondary batteries during the last decade. A new anthraquinone‐based redox‐active monomer was designed, which electrochemical behavior was tailored by mono‐modification of one keto group. The monomer exhibits two one‐electron redox reactions and has a low molar mass, resulting in a high theoretical capacity of 207 mAh/g. The polymerization of the monomer was optimized by variation of solvent and initiator. Moreover, the electrochemical behavior was studied using cyclic voltammetry and the polymer was used as active material in a composite electrode in lithium organic batteries. The polymer reveals a cell potential of 2.3 V and a promising capacity of 137 mAh/g. During the first 100 cycles, the capacity drops to 85% of the initial value. The influence of the charging speed on the charging/discharging properties of the batteries was further investigated. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2015 , 53, 2517–2523