X-ray absorption near the edge structure and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy studies on pyrite prepared by thermally sulfurizing iron films

This paper reports how pyrite films were prepared by thermal sulfurization of magnetron sputtered iron films and characterized by x-ray absorption near edge structure spectra and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy on a 4B9B beam line at the Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility. The band gap of the pyrite agrees well with the optical band gap obtained by a spectrophotometer. The octahedral symmetry of pyrite leads to the splitting of the d orbit into t_{\rm 2g} and e_{\rm g} levels. The high spin and low spin states were analysed through the difference of electron exchange interaction and the orbital crystal field. Only when the crystal field splitting is higher than 1.5 eV, the two weak peaks above the white lines can appear, and this was approved by experiments in the present work.     

互叶白千层不同部位油细胞分布及显微拉曼光谱研究

为避免复杂的制样提取过程,在天然状态下获得植物样品油细胞中精油的成分,用显微拉曼光谱仪,得到互叶白千层同一植株不同部位的油细胞的分布及油细胞中的主成分。对各部位的显微镜观察发现在软枝干中不存在油细胞或者很少,老叶中的油细胞没有新叶中的多。在老叶油细胞上获得的谱峰中,1 675和726 cm-1为4-萜烯醇的特征峰, 归属为C═C伸缩振动和环的变形振动;1 700和754 cm-1为γ-松油烯的特征峰,归属为C═C伸缩振动和环的变形振动;1 609 cm-1为α-松油烯的特征峰,归属为C═C伸缩振动;1 522,1 156和1 011 cm-1为β-胡萝卜素的的特征峰,分别归属为C═C伸缩振动、C-C伸缩振动和C-C面内摇摆振动。在新叶油细胞上获得的谱峰中,745 cm-1为顺香桧烯水合物的特征峰,归属为环变形振动;1 609 cm-1为α-松油烯的特征峰;1 525,1 160和1 008 cm-1为β-胡萝卜素的的特征峰;老叶与新叶油细胞中的主成分不完全相同,老叶中油细胞精油为γ-松油烯-4-萜烯醇-α-松油烯型,而新叶中油细胞中的精油为顺香桧烯水合物-α-松油烯型。老叶、新叶的共有物为：α-松油烯、β-胡萝卜素。β-胡萝卜素及顺香桧烯水合物为首次在互叶白千层中发现。利用该方法可迅速的确定植株油细胞的主成分,为互叶白千层精油提取提供有益参考。     

Enhancing light absorption for organic solar cells using front ITO nanograting and back ultrathin Al layer

To address the discrepancy between carrier collection and light absorption of organic solar cells caused by the limited carrier mobility and optical absorption coefficient for the normally employed organic photoactive layers, a light management structure composed of a front indium tin oxide(ITO) nanograting and ultrathin Al layer inserted in between the photoactive layer and the electron transport layer(ETL) is introduced. Owing to the antireflection and light scattering induced by the ITO nanograting and the suppression of light absorption in the ETL by the inserted Al layer, the light absorption of the photoactive layer is significantly enhanced in a spectral range from 400 nm to 650 nm that also covers the main energy region of solar irradiation for the normally employed active materials such as the P3HT:PC_(61) BM blend. The simulation results indicate that comparing with the control device with a planar configuration of ITO/PEDOT:PSS/P3HT:PC_(61) BM(80-nm thick)/Zn O/Al, the short-circuit current density and power conversion efficiency of the optimized light management structure can be improved by 32.86% and 34.46%. Moreover, good omnidirectional light management is observed for the proposed device structure. Owing to the fact that the light management structure possesses the simple structure and excellent performance, the exploration of such a structure can be believed to be significant in fabricating the thin film-based optoelectronic devices.     

钙钛矿/硅异质结叠层太阳电池:光学模拟的研究进展

近几年,钙钛矿/硅异质结叠层太阳电池发展迅速,效率已经从13.7％提升到29.1％.由于叠层电池器件的制作工艺复杂,而叠层太阳电池中的光学损失对转换效率的影响很大,所以通过光学模拟进而获得高效电池至关重要.本文首先从商业软件和自建模型两方面概述了光学模拟的方法,接着从反射损失和寄生吸收两方面针对光学模拟研究进展进行了总...     

氰化给体中分子间相互作用促进的全小分子光伏混合物的超快电子转移

氰基取代被认为是优化全小分子有机太阳能电池性能的可行方法. 然而,氰基取代对太阳能电池中电荷产生动力学的影响仍未得到探索. 本文光谱研究表明,在全小分子太阳能电池中,氰化给体中增强的分子间电荷转移相互作用会显著促进共混物中的电子转移. 实验发现,在氰基取代给体中,分子间相互作用引起的离域激发,在混合物中会进行超快电子转移. 相比之下,在没有氰基取代的给体中剩余的局域激发态,并没有积极参与电荷分离. 此发现很好地解释了为何氰化取代给体的共混物器件的性能会得到提升,表明可以通过调控分子间相互作用、来优化全小分子器件性能.     

一锅法合成四芳基吡咯并[3,2-b]吡咯空穴传输材料及其在无掺杂倒置钙钛矿太阳电池的应用

本文采用一锅法合成了四芳基吡咯并[3,2-b]吡咯有机空穴输运材料(D41、D42、D43和D44),制备出无掺杂的倒置型平面钙钛矿太阳电池. 材料D41的芳环上含有甲基,具有供体-π-给体-π-供体结构;而D42、D43和D44具有受体-π-给体-π-受体结构,其中,芳环上分别含有氰基、氟和三氟甲基. 研究表明,芳环上取代基对其分子表面电荷分布和空穴输运层薄膜形貌有显著影响,钙钛矿晶体颗粒的大小与空穴输运材料分子结构有关,含有氰基的材料D42最有利于形成较大的钙钛矿晶粒,这主要是由于吡咯并[3,2-b]吡咯结构具有丰富的电子性质的缘故. D42制备的倒置型平面钙钛矿太阳电池光电转换效率为17.3%,在黑暗条件下22天后,仍保留了初始效率的55%. 吡咯并[3,2-b]吡咯结构具有良好的给电子特性,可作为高效钙钛矿薄膜的空穴传输材料.     

Thermally evaporated CdS/CdTe thin film solar cells: Optimization of CdCl2 evaporation treatment on absorber layer

CdCl₂ treatment is crucial in the fabrication of highly efficient CdS/CdTe thin-film solar cells. This study reports a comprehensive analysis of thermal evaporated CdS/CdTe thin-film solar cells when the CdTe absorber layer is CdCl₂ annealed at temperatures from 340 to 440 °C. Samples were characterized for structural, optical, morphological and electrical properties. The films annealed at 400 °C showed better crystallinity with a cubic zinc blende structure having large grains. Higher refractive index, optical conductivity, and absorption coefficient were recorded for the CdTe films annealed at 400 °C with CdCl₂. Optimum photoactive properties for CdS/CdTe thin-film solar cells were also obtained when samples were annealed at 400 °C for 20 min with CdCl₂, and the best device exhibited V_OC of 668.4 mV, J_SC of 13.6 mA cm⁻², FF of 53.9% and an efficiency of 4.9%.     

Acceleration and mitigation of carrier‐induced degradation in p‐type multi‐crystalline silicon

Recently, a new carrier‐induced defect has been reported in multi‐crystalline silicon (mc‐Si), and has been shown to be particularly detrimental to the performance of passivated emitter and rear contact (PERC) cells. Under normal conditions, this defect can take years to fully form. This Letter reports on the accelerated formation and subsequent passivation of this carrier‐induced defect through the use of high illumination intensity and elevated temperatures resulting in passivation within minutes. The process was tested on industrial mc‐Si PERC solar cells, where degradation after a 100 hour stability test was suppressed to only 0.1% absolute compared to 2.1% for non‐treated cells. (© 2016 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH &Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Multi‐crystalline silicon solar cells with metal‐assisted nano‐texturing using HNO3 as hole injection agent

In this study, metal‐assisted etching (MAE) with nitric acid (HNO₃) as a hole injecting agent has been employed to texture multi‐crystalline silicon wafers. It was previously proven that addition of HNO₃ enabled control of surface texturing so as to form nano‐cone shaped structures rather than nanowires. The process parameters optimized for optically efficient texturing have been applied to multi‐crystalline wafers. Fabrication of p‐type Al:BSF cells have been carried out on textured samples with thermal SiO₂/PECVD‐SiN_x stack passivation and screen printed metallization. Firing process has been optimized in order to obtain the best contact formation. Finally, j_sc enhancement of 0.9 mA/cm² and 0.6% absolute increase in the efficiency have been achieved. This proves that the optimized MAE texture process can be successfully used in multi‐crystalline wafer texturing with standard passivation methods.

J –V curves and SEM images of the nano and iso‐textured samples. j_sc enhancement of 0.9 mA/cm² together with 0.6% absolute efficiency gain was observed on nano‐textured samples.     

Optimal vaccine scheduling in cancer immunotherapy

Cancer immunotherapy aims at stimulating the immune system to react against cancer stealth capabilities. It consists of repeatedly injecting small doses of a tumor-associated molecule one wants the immune system to recognize, until a consistent immune response directed against the tumor cells is observed.

We have applied the theory of optimal control to the problem of finding the optimal schedule of injections of an immunotherapeutic agent against cancer. The method employed works for a general ODE system and can be applied to find the optimal protocol in a variety of clinical problems where the kinetics of the drug or treatment and its influence on the normal physiologic functions have been described by a mathematical model.

We show that the choice of the cost function has dramatic effects on the kind of solution the optimization algorithm is able to find. This provides evidence that a careful ODE model and optimization schema must be designed by mathematicians and clinicians using their proper different perspectives.