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Ren, Kongming (author)The photovoltaic (PV) technology plays a significant role in the global energy transition and perovskite solar cells (PSC) have been experiencing rapid development in the past few years. The life cycle analysis (LCA) method evaluates the possible environmental impacts during each life stage of one product, and applying this method to the...master thesis 2023
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Blom, Y. (author), Vogt, M.R. (author), Ruiz Tobon, C.M. (author), Santbergen, R. (author), Zeman, M. (author), Isabella, O. (author)The tandem PV technology can potentially increase the efficiency of PV modules over 30%. To design efficient modules, a quantification of the different losses is important. Herein, a model for quantifying the energy loss mechanisms in PV systems under real-world operating conditions with a level of detail back to the components and their...journal article 2023
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Li, Wenhuai (author), Li, Mengran (author), Guo, Y. (author), Hu, Zhiwei (author), Zhou, Chuan (author), Brand, Helen E.A. (author), Peterson, Vanessa K. (author), Pao, Chih Wen (author), Chen, Chien Te (author)Oxygen-ion conducting perovskite oxides are important functional materials for solid oxide fuel cells and oxygen-permeable membranes operating at high temperatures (>500 °C). Co-doped perovskites have recently shown their potential to boost oxygen-related kinetics, but challenges remain in understanding the underlying mechanisms. This...journal article 2023
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Lyu, Tianshuai (author), Dorenbos, P. (author), Wei, Zhanhua (author)Developing X-ray charged dosimeters with excellent charge carrier storage capacity and stability is challenging. Such energy storage dosimeters have fascinating use in developing novel applications, for instance, in radiation detection, advanced multimode anti-counterfeiting, and flexible X-ray imaging of curved objects. Herein, novel LiTaO...journal article 2023
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van der Werf, Verena M. (author), Zhao, J. (author), Koning, Jim S. (author), Nespoli, J. (author), Thieme, J. (author), Bus, M. (author), Savenije, T.J. (author)Metal-halide perovskites deposited by wet-chemical deposition have demonstrated great potential for various electronic applications, including solar cells. A remaining question is how light-induced excess charges become distributed over such polycrystalline material. Here, we examine the local conductive properties of MAPbI<sub>3</sub> and...journal article 2023
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Zhang, Heng (author), Debroye, Elke (author), Fu, Shuai (author), González, Miriam C.Rodriguez (author), du Fossé, I. (author), Geuchies, Jaco J. (author), Gao, Lei (author), Yu, Xiaoqing (author), Houtepen, A.J. (author)Synergically combining their respective ultrahigh charge mobility and strong light absorption, graphene (Gr)/semiconductor heterostructures are promising building blocks for efficient optoelectronics, particularly photodetectors. Charge transfer (CT) across the heterostructure interface crucially determines device efficiency and functionality...journal article 2023
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Lyu, Tianshuai (author), Dorenbos, P. (author), Wei, Zhanhua (author)Multimode luminescence relates to how charge carriers are transported and recombined in response to various physical excitations. It shows promising applications in many fields like advanced anti-counterfeiting, information storage and encryption. Enabling a stable single compound with multimode luminescence is a unique technology but still...journal article 2023
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Zhao, Y. (author), Datta, Kunal (author), Paggiaro, Giulia (author), Liu, Hanchen (author), Fardousi, Mohua (author), Santbergen, R. (author), Procel Moya, P.A. (author), Han, C. (author), Yang, G. (author), Weeber, A.W. (author), Zeman, M. (author), Mazzarella, L. (author), Isabella, O. (author)Monolithic perovskite/c-Si tandem solar cells have attracted enormous research attention and have achieved efficiencies above 30%. This work describes the development of monolithic tandem solar cells based on silicon heterojunction (SHJ) bottom- and perovskite top-cells and highlights light management techniques assisted by optical simulation...journal article 2023
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Al-Zoubi, Musa (author)Perovskite/Silicon tandem cells are gradually becoming more promising in the field of photovoltaic technology since they have already surpassed the theoretical power conversion efficiency (PCE) limit of single junction (SJ) silicon cells (~30%), while they can be commercially compatible. Several architectures of Perovskite/silicon devices were...master thesis 2022
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Finazzo, Jacopo (author)Tandem technology has emerged as one of the most promising innovations in the field of photovoltaics. Higher conversion efficiencies than standard single-junction cells have already been achieved. Proving how these laboratory conversion capabilities translate into real-world performance is therefore a main interest drive within the photovoltaic...master thesis 2022
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Vishwanathreddy, Sujith V (author)People worldwide have begun to feel the effects of climate change in recent years with unpredictable weather patterns, heatwaves, changes in precipitation, and sea level rise. To help mitigate climate change, photovoltaics (PV) is seen as a technology with the tremendous capability to satisfy the world’s electricity demands by tapping into...master thesis 2022
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Kuppuswamy Saravanan, Pavithran (author)In 2022, the Power conversion efficiency of perovskite solar cells has achieved an efficiency of >25\%. The cost-effective and flexible perovskite-based photovoltaic has been identified as an ideal solution to increase the integration of photovoltaics in buildings. However, for a large scale implementation, the perovskite photovoltaic must...master thesis 2022
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Shaikh, Raiyan (author)Emerging PV technologies like Perovskite has lead to the development of Perovskite/Silicon (Pvk/c-Si) tandem device (Multi-junction device) and has now gained a lot of momentum and attention due to the fact that the tandem device can reach a Shockley-Quisser limit of about 44.1% efficiency. But to speed up its development, a lot of emphasis is...master thesis 2022
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Kerklaan, Mels (author)Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are an emerging and promising photovoltaic technology that have demonstrated impressive power conversion efficiencies exceeding 25% after only fourteen years of development. This rapid progress can mostly be attributed to the development and optimisation of PSCs fabricated by solution-based methods, because of their...master thesis 2022
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van Heerden, Rik (author), Procel Moya, P.A. (author), Mazzarella, L. (author), Santbergen, R. (author), Isabella, O. (author)Organic-inorganic metal halide perovskites have attracted a considerable interest in the photovoltaic scientific community demonstrating a rapid and unprecedented increase in conversion efficiency in the last decade. Besides the stunning progress in performance, the understanding of the physical mechanisms and limitations that govern perovskite...journal article 2022
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Zhao, J. (author), Li, Jia (author), Liu, X. (author), Bannenberg, L.J. (author), Bruno, Annalisa (author), Savenije, T.J. (author)Co-evaporation of metal halide perovskites by thermal evaporation is an attractive method since it does not require harmful solvents and enables precise control of the film thickness. Furthermore, the ability to manipulate the Fermi level allows the formation of a graded homojunction, providing interesting opportunities to improve the charge...journal article 2022
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Datta, Kunal (author), Branco, Bruno (author), Zhao, Y. (author), Zardetto, Valerio (author), Phung, Nga (author), Bracesco, Andrea (author), Mazzarella, L. (author), Wienk, Martijn M. (author), Isabella, O. (author)Solar-assisted water electrolysis is a promising technology for storing the energy of incident solar irradiation into hydrogen as a fuel. Here, an integrated continuous flow electrochemical reactor coupled to a monolithic perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell is demonstrated that provides light-driven electrochemical solar-to-hydrogen...journal article 2022
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Caselli, V.M. (author), Thieme, J. (author), Jöbsis, Huygen J. (author), Phadke, S.A. (author), Zhao, J. (author), Hutter, Eline M. (author), Savenije, T.J. (author)Suitable optoelectronic properties of lead halide perovskites make these materials interesting semiconductors for many applications. Toxic lead can be substituted by combining monovalent and trivalent cations, such as in Cs<sub>2</sub>AgBiBr<sub>6</sub>. However, efficiencies of Cs<sub>2</sub>AgBiBr<sub>6</sub>-based photovoltaics are still...journal article 2022
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Lee, M. (author), Robin, M.P. (author), Guis, R.H. (author), Filippozzi, U. (author), Shin, D. (author), van Thiel, T.C. (author), Paardekooper, Stijn P. (author), Renshof, Johannes R. (author), van der Zant, H.S.J. (author), Caviglia, A. (author), Verbiest, G.J. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author)Although 2D materials hold great potential for next-generation pressure sensors, recent studies revealed that gases permeate along the membrane-surface interface, necessitating additional sealing procedures. In this work, we demonstrate the use of free-standing complex oxides as self-sealing membranes that allow the reference cavity beneath...journal article 2022