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van Silfhout, Niels (author)Tin/lead (Sn/Pb) iodide perovskites (PVKs) have emerged as promising absorber layer materials for high-efficiency tandem solar cells due to their low cost, high light absorption coefficients, and narrow band gaps. However, current solvent-based synthesis techniques offer poor scalability, in turn hindering commercialization.<br/><br/>This study...master thesis 2024
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Henzel, J. (author), Bakker, N.J. (author), Najafi, Mehrdad (author), Zardetto, Valerio (author), Veenstra, Sjoerd (author), Isabella, O. (author), Mazzarella, L. (author), Weeber, A.W. (author), Theelen, Mirjam (author)Nonequal current generation in the cells of a photovoltaic module, e.g., due to partial shading, leads to operation in reverse bias. This quickly causes a significant efficiency loss in perovskite solar cells. We report a more quantitative investigation of the reverse bias degradation. Various small reverse biases (negative voltages) were...journal article 2023
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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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Guan, Hui (author), Lei, Yutian (author), Wu, Qiyuan (author), Zhou, Xufeng (author), Wang, H. (author), Wang, Gang (author), Li, Wenquan (author), Jin, Zhiwen (author), Lan, Wei (author)Interface engineering is a simple and effective strategy for improving the photovoltaic performance and stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Herein, an interface co-modification strategy is proposed, using [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) and 2-fluoro-1,4-phenylenediammonium iodide (2FPPD) to modify the electron...journal article 2022
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Gross Godoy, JOSE (author)Individual actions cannot solve the current climate crisis. Part of the collective effort is to research solar energy as new ways to produce cleaner, cheaper and more efficient electricity. Among all the current solar cell technologies, a thriving and promising one is perovskite as an absorber material. In the last ten years, the power...master thesis 2021
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Subramanian, Aswath (author)Perovskite Solar Cells are an increasing attraction in research with great strides in performance efficiencies. But their commercialization is far from fruition, due to persistent issues. Stability under prolonged exposure to external stresses is a major concern. Furthermore, the adaption of upscaling technologies in research is presently slow....master thesis 2021
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Velpuru, Abhishek (author)The global share of photovoltaic electricity has been expanding at a breakneck pace with CAGR of 27% over the last decade. This resulted in remarkable advancements in photovoltaic technology and design. The performance of the majority of PV modules is determined in laboratories under controlled conditions. Perhaps the climatic conditions on-site...master thesis 2021
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Lin, Yuze (author), Li, Tao (author), Liu, Ye (author), Bahrami, Behzad (author), Guo, Dengyang (author), Fang, Yanjun (author), Shao, Yuchuan (author), Wang, Qi (author), Savenije, T.J. (author)A long photoluminescence decay lifetime has been regarded as a generic indication of long charge carrier recombination lifetime in semiconductors such as metal halide perovskites (MHPs), which have shown tremendous success in solar cells. Here, we report that MHP polycrystalline films with extrinsic metal ions have a very long charge...journal article 2021
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Ackermans, Marnix (author)Since the discovery of the photovoltaic properties of metal halide perovskites in 2009, the material has rapidly gained interest in the scientific community. In less than 10 years, the power conversion efficiency of perovskite solar cells (PSC) has increased from 3.9% to over 25%, reaching levels of conventional silicon cells. PSCs have multiple...master thesis 2020
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van Heerden, Rik (author)Solar cells can play a key role in the transition towards a sustainable future. This transition is one of the major challenges our society faces during the coming decades. Development of high-efficiency photovoltaic solutions at reasonable costs will help accelerating the transformation of our energy system. In this respect, perovskite solar...master thesis 2020
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Gelvez Rueda, M.C. (author), Ahlawat, Paramvir (author), Merten, Lena (author), Jahanbakhshi, Farzaneh (author), Mladenović, Marko (author), Hinderhofer, Alexander (author), Dar, M. Ibrahim (author), Li, Yang (author), Grozema, F.C. (author)Layered hybrid perovskites have emerged as a promising alternative to stabilizing hybrid organic–inorganic perovskite materials, which are predominantly based on Ruddlesden-Popper structures. Formamidinium (FA)-based Dion-Jacobson perovskite analogs are developed that feature bifunctional organic spacers separating the hybrid perovskite slabs...journal article 2020
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Galagan, Yulia (author), Di Giacomo, Francesco (author), Gorter, Harrie (author), Kirchner, Gerwin (author), de Vries, Ike (author), Andriessen, Ronn (author), Groen, W.A. (author)The feasibility of upscaling the perovskite solar cells technologies to high volume production using roll-to-roll (R2R) slot die coating is demonstrated in this study. Perovskite solar cells are produced by R2R slot die coating on flexible substrates with a width of 30 cm and the web speed of 3–5 m min−1. R2R deposition of the electron transport...journal article 2018
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Isabelli, Fabiano (author), Di Giacomo, Francesco (author), Gorter, Harrie (author), Brunetti, Francesca (author), Groen, W.A. (author), Andriessen, Ronn (author), Galagan, Yulia (author)Current laboratory-scale fabrication of perovskite solar cells involves the use of toxic solvents in the different fabrication steps. The aim of this research is to find a nontoxic alternative to chlorobenzene used for the deposition of hole transport material (HTM) spiro-OMeTAD. The initial selection of the solvents compatible with...journal article 2018
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Brenes, Roberto (author), Guo, Dengyang (author), Osherov, Anna (author), Noel, Nakita K. (author), Eames, Christopher (author), Hutter, E.M. (author), Pathak, Sandeep K. (author), Niroui, Farnaz (author), Friend, Richard H. (author), Islam, M. Saiful (author), Snaith, Henry J. (author), Bulović, Vladimir (author), Savenije, T.J. (author), Stranks, Samuel D. (author)Metal halide perovskites are generating enormous excitement for use in solar cells and light-emission applications, but devices still show substantial non-radiative losses. Here, we show that by combining light and atmospheric treatments, we can increase the internal luminescence quantum efficiencies of polycrystalline perovskite films from 1...journal article 2017
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Zhang, Dong (author), Verhees, Wiljan (author), Dörenkämper, Maarten (author), Qiu, Weiming (author), Bakker, N.J. (author), Gutjahr, Astrid (author), Veenstra, Sjoerd (author), Gehlhaar, Robert (author), Paetzold, Ulrich W. (author), Soppe, Wim (author), Romijn, Ingrid (author), Geerligs, LJ (author), Aernouts, Tom (author), Weeber, A.W. (author)The perovskite solar cell is considered a promising candidate as the top cell for high-efficiency tandem devices with crystalline silicon (c-Si) bottom cells, contributing to the cost reduction of photovoltaic energy. In this contribution, a simulation method, involving optical and electrical modelling, is established to calculate the...journal article 2016