Near ultra-violet absorbers for transparent organic solar cells

Ultra-refractory ceramics for high-temperature solar absorbers

It is well known that the efficiency of thermodynamic solar plants increases with the working temperature. At present the main limit in temperature upscaling is the absorber capability to withstand high temperatures. The ideal solar absorber works at high temperatures, has a low thermal emissivity and a high absorptivity in the solar spectral range . The paper reports on the high temperature em...

Compositionally Graded Absorber for Efficient and Stable Near‐Infrared‐Transparent Perovskite Solar Cells

Compositional grading has been widely exploited in highly efficient Cu(In,Ga)Se2, CdTe, GaAs, quantum dot solar cells, and this strategy has the potential to improve the performance of emerging perovskite solar cells. However, realizing and maintaining compositionally graded perovskite absorber from solution processing is challenging. Moreover, the operational stability of graded perovskite sol...

An Ultra-violet Light Monitor for Spear3

A synchrotron light monitor is an essential tool for operating a storage ring. For SPEAR3, the upgrade of the SPEAR storage ring, the light monitor was designed not only for monitoring the beam presence but also to measure beam parameters. To minimize diffraction effects, UV light around 200 nm is used to image the electron source rather than visible light. At 200 nm, the rms diffraction spot i...

Stretchable organic solar cells.

Organic Solar Cells

MRS BULLETIN • VOLUME 33 • JULY 2008 • www.mrs.org/bulletin Abstract Organic solar cells, based on polymer/fullerene-blend films, are advancing rapidly toward commercial viability. In this article, we review recent progress on two issues critical for technological applications: device photovoltaic efficiencies and processing technologies for high-throughput production. In terms of device effici...