Variation of band gap in Se-based chalcogenide glasses

The random network model for amorphous alloys proposed by White has been developed for the system irradiated with light. The model suggests that the photobleaching in GeSe₂ film and the photodarkening in AsSe film may be due to change in the number of the bonds.     

Preparation and improvement in photovoltaic performance of dye-sensitized solar cells using carbon dioxide

We report preparation and improvement in photovoltaic performance of N719-based dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) using pressurized carbon dioxide (CO₂) as a co-solvent for the absorption process on the TiO₂ photoelectrode surface. Effective absorption of the N719 molecules on the TiO₂ surface was achieved using CO₂ processing, and the absorption time was shortened drastically from 24 h (in the dip process) to less than 3 h. The cells prepared under pressurized CO₂ for the absorption showed greater photovoltaic performance, especially higher short-circuit current density and conversion efficiency, compared with that from typical dip method. It was revealed that the suitable CO₂ pressure for the absorption was 5 MPa and the efficiency was achieved to be more than 7.5 %. Prevention of back electron transfer reactions from TiO₂ to oxidized dyes or iodides was caused currently, because the homogeneous coverage of N719 molecules on the TiO₂ surface was obtained by the use of pressurized CO₂.     

Buried contact solar cell using tri-crystalline CZ silicon wafers

Tri-crystalline silicon wafers have been used for fabrication of buried contact solar cells. Optical properties and microstructures after texturing in KOH solution have been studied and compared with those of multi-crystalline silicon wafers. The textured surface of tri-crystalline wafer has a shape of V-groove with an angle of 109.48°. The efficiency of buried contact solar cell fabricated on tri-crystalline wafer measured to be 14.27% without optimization of cell process for tri-crystalline CZ wafer. Ray tracing computer simulations showed that V-groove composed of (1 1 1) after texturing can decrease reflectance significantly when cells are encapsulated. The reflectance can be reduced to about 4%, averaged over the 400–1100 nm wavelength range. The life time of tri-grain wafer was longer than that of multi-crystalline silicon wafer because it has only three twin boundaries in a wafer.     

Preparation of silver nanowires coated with TiO2 using chemical binder and their applications as photoanodes in dye sensitized solar cell

In this study, the core–shell structured Ag@TiO₂ wire was prepared for application to dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC). The Ag nanowire, having an excellent electrical conductivity, was synthesized by using the facile microwave-assisted polyol reduction process. The diameter and length of Ag wires were 40–50 nm and 20–30 μm, respectively, and the face-centered cubic silver crystal structure was obtained. In the presence of 2-mercaptoethanol as a chemical binder, the entire surface of Ag wire was coated with the TiO₂ shell, which has thickness of 20 nm, through solvothermal method. The crystalline structure of TiO₂ shell was the anatase phase possessing an advantage to achieve the high efficiency in DSSC. The core–shell structured Ag@TiO₂ wire exhibited the high thermal stability. The high conversion efficiency (5.56%) in fabricated device with Ag@TiO₂ electrode, which is about 10% higher than reference cell, was achieved by enhancement of short-current density (J_sc) value. The core–shell structured Ag@TiO₂ wire could effectively reduce the charge recombination through the contribution to electron shortcut for improvement in the electron transfer rate and lifetime.     

Preparation of chemically deposited thin films of CdS/PbS solar cell

The present paper reports the preparation of a solar cell which has a cross-sectional scheme: ITO/CdS/PbS, containing a commercially transparent conductive ITO; chemically deposited n-type CdS (340 nm) and absorbed layer of p-type PbS (1400 nm). The structural and optical properties of the constituent films are presented. X-ray diffraction showed that all of the thin films are polycrystalline. Using scanning electron microscopy, the present study revealed that the films have uniform surface morphology over the substrate. The solar cell was characterized by determining the open circuit voltage, short-circuit current density, and J–V under 40 mW/cm² solar radiation. The efficiency of the solar cells was 1.35%, which is much higher (0.041, 0.5 and 0.1–0.4%) and slightly smaller (1.65%) than some solar cells reported in the literature.     

地基高分辨率傅里叶变换红外光谱反演环境大气中的CH4浓度变化

CH₄在大气中的浓度较低(～1.8 ppmv)且混合较为均匀, 不同区域浓度差较小, 其在大气中微量变化的精确观测对反演技术提出了很高要求. 基于高分辨率(0.02 cm^-1)傅里叶变换直射太阳光谱, 研究一种高精度、大尺度的CH₄浓度反演方法, 高灵敏地观测CH₄在大气强背景下的浓度变化. 先利用先验参数实现测量光谱的准确建模, 再采用非线性最小二乘光谱拟合和非线性逐次迭代相结合的方法反演CH₄的垂直柱浓度(vertical column density, VCD), 并以7885 cm^-1 O₂ 吸收窗口为参考, 反演CH₄的柱平均干空气混合比浓度(column-averaged dry air mixing ratios) XCH₄. CH₄ VCD和XCH₄拟合误差均小于1%, 且绝大多数XCH₄反演值均位于Total Carbon Column Observing Network (TCCON)规定的<0.5%区间内. 基于典型的日观测值, 研究了CH₄浓度的日变化规律, CH₄ VCD随时间变化而减少, XCH₄的日变化量小于0.02 ppmv.     

Performance improvements of organic solar cell using dual cathode buffer layers

The present study deals with the effect of dual cathode buffer layer (CBL) on the performance of bilayer of 4,4′-cyclohexylidenebis[N,N-bis(4-methylphenyl)benzenamine] (TAPC) and fullerene (C70)-based organic solar cell (OSC) with low donor concentration. OSC devices with CBLs have been fabricated using thermal vapor deposition technique. We report the use of lithium fluoride (LiF) and molybdenum trioxide (MoO₃) as CBLs. The insertion of LiF between C70 and aluminium (Al) electrode enhances the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of device from 1.89% to 2.47% but quenching of photogenerated excitons is observed at interface of C70 and LiF layers. Incorporation of MoO₃ between LiF and Al electrode further enhances PCE of device to 3.51%. This has also improved the material quality and device properties, by preventing the formation of gap states and diminishing exciton quenching.     

旋涂法快速制备双层二元胶体微球有序薄膜

以较大粒径的聚苯乙烯或SiO₂胶体微球的单层有序薄膜作基膜,较小粒径的SiO₂微球作第二层,用分步旋涂法快速制备了二元双层胶体微球复合有序薄膜.膜中小粒径微球与大粒径微球的粒径比γ=020—056,大粒径与小粒径微球的排列方式可表示为LS_x（x=1,2,…,13）.旋涂速度、旋涂时间、微球悬浮介质的黏度、悬浮液中微球的数密度、旋涂衬底的可润湿性等因素均会影响旋涂组装胶粒薄膜的质量.在旋涂衬底能够被胶体微球悬浮介质完全润湿的前提下,适宜的胶体微球数密度、旋涂速度、旋涂时间是旋涂组装有序薄膜的必要条件. 关键词： 复合有序薄膜 分步旋涂 胶体微球模板     

Preparation and characterization of ZnS/CdS bi-layer for CdTe solar cell application

In this work, bilayer ZnS/CdS film was prepared as an improved window layer of CdTe solar cell. TEM was used to observe the cross section of the bilayer structure. The total thickness of ZnS/CdS film was about 60 nm, which could allow more photons to pass through it and contribute to the photocurrent. Optical properties of the bilayers were investigated using UV–vis spectroscopy. Compared with poor transmission of standard CdS film in the short wavelength range of 350–550 nm, the transmission of ZnS/CdS was improved and reached above 50%. The ZnS/CdS was annealed with CdCl₂. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was used to investigate its chemical properties. A possible diffusion between CdS and ZnS was observed after annealing. The efficiency of standard CdS/CdTe solar cell was 9.53%. The device based on ZnS/CdS window layer had a poor 6% efficiency. With annealing treatment on ZnS/CdS layer, the performance was improved and reached 10.3%. In addition, the homogeneity of solar cell performance was improved using ZnS/CdS window layer. A thin ZnS layer was quite effective to reduce the possible shunt paths and short parts of window layer and consequently contributed to fabrication of a homogeneous CdTe solar cell.     

布喇格条件下二步补偿像差

提出了一种二步记录的全息像差补偿方法,它用短波长(540nm以下)制作,而在长波长(红光或红外光)再现时具有较高的衍射效率和较小的像差,且能适用于任意给定的使用条件,最后给出了计算结果和理论结果.     

Efficient design of perovskite solar cell using mixed halide and copper oxide

Solar cells based on perovskites have emerged as a transpiring technology in the field of photovoltaic. These cells exhibit high power conversion efficiency. The perovskite material is observed to have good absorption in the entire visible spectrum which can be well illustrated by the quantum efficiency curve. In this paper, theoretical analysis has been done through device simulation for designing solar cell based on mixed halide perovskite. Various parameters have efficacy on the solar cell efficiency such as defect density, layer thickness, doping concentration, band offsets, etc. The use of copper oxide as the hole transport material has been analyzed. The analysis divulges that due to its mobility of charge carriers, it can be used as an alternative to spiro-OMeTAD. With the help of simulations, reasonable materials have been employed for the optimal design of solar cell based on perovskite material. With the integration of copper oxide into the solar cell structure, the results obtained are competent enough. The simulations have shown that with the use of copper oxide as hole transport material with mixed halide perovskite as absorber, the power conversion efficiency has improved by 6%.The open circuit voltage has shown an increase of 0.09 V, short circuit current density has increased by 2.32 m A/cm~2, and improvement in fill factor is 8.75%.     

Improvement of quantum efficiency using surface texture of solar cell in the form of pyramid

The work presented in this paper is concerned a detailed study about the light transmission through textured surfaces in a surface made up of pyramids [1, 2]. We investigate to what extent and under what conditions we want to take advantage of ray incidence five times and more [3, 4]. It is found that these analyses can be used to determine the optimal surface texture which provides the best light trapping for solar cells in terms of the total internal reflection occurring in the high-index medium at incidence angles larger than the nominal critical angle [5–11]. One of the main contributions of this paper is the analysis and quantification of the influence of the opening between the heads of the two closest pyramids in textured surface for solar cells and its application on the photovoltaic parameters such as the quantum efficiency. In this model we show that the material can have five and more successive incident ray absorptions instead of three currently, where we changed the direction of the reflected ray, by varying the angle between the two neighbouring pyramids, the incidence angle, the opening between the heads of the two closest pyramids and their height. Thus, with an angle between the two neighbouring pyramid varying between 20° and 12° and for angle of incidence varying between 80° and 84°. For these values of the angle between the two neighbouring pyramids and incidence angle, the opening between the heads of the two closest pyramids varied respectively from 3.53 to 2.10 µm for a pyramid height of 10 µm. This lead to a substantial increase of the quantum efficiency thus the photovoltaic efficiency.     

Finite-difference time-domain modeling of curved material interfaces by using boundary condition equations method

To deal with the staircase approximation problem in the standard finite-difference time-domain(FDTD) simulation,the two-dimensional boundary condition equations(BCE) method is proposed in this paper.In the BCE method,the standard FDTD algorithm can be used as usual,and the curved surface is treated by adding the boundary condition equations.Thus,while maintaining the simplicity and computational efficiency of the standard FDTD algorithm,the BCE method can solve the staircase approximation problem.The BCE method is validated by analyzing near field and far field scattering properties of the PEC and dielectric cylinders.The results show that the BCE method can maintain a second-order accuracy by eliminating the staircase approximation errors.Moreover,the results of the BCE method show good accuracy for cylinder scattering cases with different permittivities.     

Factors influencing the performance of paintable carbon-based perovskite solar cells fabricated in ambient air

To date, many efforts have been made to improve the performance of paintable carbon-based(PC-based) perovskite solar cells(PSCs). Though great progress has been achieved, their power conversion efficiencies are still relatively low compared with hole-transport-materials-based PSCs. General research on influencing factors of performance in PC-based PSCs is still insufficient. In this work, PC-based PSCs were fabricated in ambient air and four groups of controlled experiments were performed in which the PbI_2 layers were prepared with or without antisolvent extraction treatment. These four groups of experiments were designed to find out the effect of different influencing factors on PC-based PSCs performance,for example, PbI_2 residual, the surface morphology of the perovskite film, the surface roughness of the perovskite film, and the contact status of the perovskite/carbon electrode interface. With a systematic analysis, we demonstrated that the contact status of the perovskite/carbon electrode interface played a vital role in PC-based PSCs, and a flat, smooth perovskite surface could help to improve this contact status significantly. Besides, on the precondition of a poor contact interface, no PbI_2 residual and a good surface morphology only brought limited benefits to the performances of PC-based PSCs.     

Preparation of carbon aerogel in ambient conditions for electrical double-layer capacitor

Carbon aerogels were prepared by polycondensation of resorcinol with formaldehyde using sodium carbonate as a catalyst in ambient conditions, and they were used as an electrode of electrical double-layer capacitor. The effect of resorcinol to catalyst ratio (R/C ratio) on volume shrinkage, BET surface area, and electrochemical property of carbon aerogels was investigated by changing R/C ratio from 50 to 2000. In order to minimize volume shrinkage, solvent exchange was performed with acetone at 50 °C for 1 day. Volume shrinkage was <2% after 2-day gelation in the absence of CO₂ supercritical drying. BET surface area was strongly dependent on R/C ratio. Carbon aerogel prepared at R/C ratio of 500 showed the highest BET surface area (706 m²/g) with average pore diameter of 10.9 nm. Electrochemical property of carbon aerogels as an electrode of electrical double-layer capacitor was investigated by cyclic voltammetry measurement. Specific capacitance of carbon aerogel prepared at R/C ratio of 500 was found to be 81 F/g in 1 M H₂SO₄ electrolyte at the scan rate of 10 mV/s.     

水溶性CuPc旋涂转速及退火方式对蓝色有机电致发光器件性能的影响

本文以Be(PP)₂为发光层、水溶性酞菁铜(WS-CuPc)为空穴注入层、NPB为空穴传输层,制备了结构为ITO/WS-CuPc/NPB/Be(PP)₂/LiF/Al的蓝色有机发光二极管(OLEDs).研究了WS-CuPc不同旋涂转速对器件性能的影响.并在WS-CuPc最佳旋涂转速的基础上,进一步研究了WS-CuPc薄膜不同退火方式对器件性能的影响.实验中,对WS-CuPc层采用了一种新的退火方式,即对ITO玻璃衬底先加热后旋涂WS-CuPc层,并与传统退火方式 关键词： 水溶性CuPc 蓝色有机电致发光 旋涂转速 退火方式     

High-efficient Schottky-junction silicon solar cell using silver nanowires covering nitrogen-doped amorphous carbon

Synthesized graphene (Gr) on metal substrates that requires additional surface-to-surface transfer procedure to form Gr-on-silicon (Gr-Si) Schottky-junction configuration, which in turn results in the photovoltaic degradation caused by both mechanical damages and chemical contaminations during several wet chemical steps. This current issue has motivated us to develop alternative Schottky-junction configuration using silver nanowires (AgNWs) covering nitrogen (N)-doped amorphous carbon (a-C) films annealed in the temperature range 750–900 °C. Compared to the Schottky-junction Si solar cell based on 900 °C annealed N-doped a-C films (C_N-900-Si) with only Ag grid, all of AgNWs-C_N-900-Si solar cells exhibit the significant enhancement of photovoltaic characteristics. Consequently, the remarkable power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 6.17% is achieved on 0.2 wt% AgNWs-C_N-900-Si solar cell, which is far superior to that of the C_N-900-Si solar cell with only Ag grid (~0.13%). Furthermore, the 0.2 wt% AgNWs-C_N-900-SiNWs solar cell shows the highest short-circuit current density (J_SC) of 23.42 mA/cm² and PCE of 7.67%, which is a PCE enhancement of ~24% when compared to the 0.2 wt% AgNWs-C_N-900-Si solar cell. This study demonstrates that AgNWs network can accelerate the charge carrier extraction from Schottky-contact between C_N-900 and n-Si substrate, leading to greatly reduced series resistance that results in significantly enhanced photovoltaic characteristics.     

Preparation and characterizations of PMMA-PVDF based polymer composite electrolyte materials for dye sensitized solar cell

Blend polymer composite gel electrolytesare prepared using thepoly vinyledene fluoride (PVDF), polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) with alumina (Al₂O₃) in variance of alkali metal iodide saltsystem. The alumina doped blend polymer electrolytes characterized by the XRD diffraction and FT-IR spectra. This is supportive to the conformation of the crystallinity behaviour and the composite formation.The high-resolution scanning electron microscopy (HR-SEM) have used to find the composite electrolyte membrane porous size (10 μm) and it has support to understand the morphological structure of the membrane. To analyze the ionic conductivity of the potassium iodide based composite polymer electrolyte by the impedance measurements, which is 4.62 × 10⁻³ Scm⁻¹ at room temperature. Finally, different alkali metal iodide based dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) fabricated and monitored an energy conversion efficiency.     

Electroacoustics in a silicon solar cell

We present electroacoustic measurements of a p/n⁺ silicon solar cell as a function of the stimulating potential modulation frequency, gaining information on the different power dissipation sources within the device by means of thermal depth profiling. Theoretical calculations of the electroacoustic signal based on a reinterpretation of the Rosencwaig and Gersho model have also been performed, and the results of these calculations have been compared to the experimental data.     

Application of lasers in solar cell technologies

The possibilities for applying lasers to the fabrication of solar cells (the laser texturing of silicon surfaces and pulsed laser deposition of indium tin oxide (ITO) thin films) are demonstrated.