[Illinois] AVS Meeting 2012: Understanding Atomic-Layer-Deposition Synthesis of Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 Solar Cells

04 Jun 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Sergey V. Baryshev

Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) has recently attracted attention as a light absorber for photovoltaic applications because of its band gap (εg≈1.4 eV), the relative abundance and low cost of its constituent …

https://nanohub.org/resources/18253

Exciton Dynamics Simulator

31 Dec 2012 | Tools | Contributor(s): Michael Heiber

Simulates the exciton dynamics in organic photovolatic devices

https://nanohub.org/resources/16160

Design of Optoelectronically-active Polymers for Organic Photovoltaic Applications

01 Feb 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Bryan W. Boudouris

Organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices are of great interest due to their promise of providing flexible, lightweight, and inexpensive alternatives to their currently-used inorganic counterparts. However, …

https://nanohub.org/resources/16695

Birck Solar Research Seminar Series

30 Jan 2013 | Series | Contributor(s): Peter Bermel

The Solar Research Series includes presentations from researchers at Purdue and leading researchers across the nation on developments in wafer-based, thin-film, organic and cross-cutting …

https://nanohub.org/resources/16648

Nano Solutions to Our Impending Energy Crisis

11 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Ali Shakouri

In this talk we review some of the advances in nanoscale energy conversion devices and discuss about the challenges and opportunities to provide a clean energy infrastructure. Couple of examples from …

https://nanohub.org/resources/15821

PC1D

22 Feb 2012 | Tools

PC1D solves the fully coupled nonlinear equations for one-dimensional transport of electrons and holes in crystalline semiconductor devices, with emphasis on photovoltaic devices.

https://nanohub.org/resources/13240

Opportunities of Lasers for Scalable Manufacturing of Solar Energy Devices

21 Aug 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gary Cheng

Production costs, module conversion efficiencies, and adoption in commercial rooftops continue to be the most critical issues for solar energy technology. The industry continuously seeks technologies …

https://nanohub.org/resources/15023

2-Diode Fit

15 Jun 2012 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Stephan Suckow

This download provides the program "2-Diode Fit", which can be used to interactively to simulate or fit I-V characteristics of solar cells by the 2-diode model. Different file formats and batch …

https://nanohub.org/resources/14300

NEGF theory of quantum photovoltaic devices

21 Sep 2011 | Presentation Materials | Contributor(s): Urs Aeberhard

Many high-efficiency photovoltaics concepts require an advanced control and manipulation of the optoelectronic properties of the active device structure, leading to a prominent role of low …

https://nanohub.org/resources/12152

Economic Factors on the Modern Photovoltaic Market

14 Sep 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gregory T. Forcherio

Photovoltaic research is heavily driven by market demand and "green-energy" hopes of the future. Commercial and utility level thin film photovoltaic systems have almost reached grid parity …

https://nanohub.org/resources/12055

Optimum Morphology and Performance Gains of Organic Solar Cells

20 Aug 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Biswajit ray, Muhammad Alam

Morphology of light absorbing layer is known to dictate the power conversion efficiency of organic photovoltaic (OPV) cell. The innovation of bulk heterojunction (BHJ) led to significant improvement …

https://nanohub.org/resources/11904

Solar Cells Lecture 4: What is Different about Thin-Film Solar Cells?

29 Aug 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

Thin film solar cells promise acceptable efficiency at low cost. This tutorial examines the device physics of thin-film solar cells, which generally require a different type of analysis than …

https://nanohub.org/resources/11949

Solar Cells Lecture 5: Organic Photovoltaics

29 Aug 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

Organic solar cells make use of low-cost organic polymers for photovoltaics. Although these solar cells may appear to be quite different from solar cells made with conventional, inorganic …

https://nanohub.org/resources/11950

Solar Cell Fundamentals

19 Aug 2011 | Courses | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom, J. L. Gray, Muhammad A. Alam

The modern solar cell was invented at Bell Labs in 1954 and is currently receiving renewed attention as a potential contribution to addressing the world's energy challenge. This set of five …

https://nanohub.org/resources/11888