An introduction to solar cell technology

Ranabhat, Kiran; Patrikeev, L. N.; Antal'evna-Revina, Aleksandra; Andrianov, Kirill; Lapshinsky, V A; Sofronova, E. V.

doi:10.5937/jaes14-10879

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“…It involves the solar cells with first, second and third generation devices. Currently, third generation solar cells are the emerging field of research [4]. In that, dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) receive much attention due to their ease of fabrication and cheaper than other solar cells.…”

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Enhanced electrochemical and photovoltaic performance for MoO3 nanorods at different calcination temperature based counter electrode in Pt-free dye-sensitized solar cells applications

Bhojanaa

Kannadhasan²,

Santhosh³

et al. 2020

SN Appl. Sci.

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Owing to increase in energy demands and depletion in fossil fuels, solar energy conversion is the reliable and sustainable one for future. Among the solar energy conversion techniques, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) have received much attention due to their ease of fabrication, cost-effectiveness, reliable and high proficiency in converting solar energy. The commercialization of DSSC is still hindered by usage of expensive materials like platinum counter electrodes. Therefore, researchers are focusing on developing low-cost and earth abundant alternatives. The present work involves hydrothermal synthesis of molybdenum trioxide (MoO 3) at various temperature ranges such as 400, 500, 600 and 700 °C and several other characterizations through various analytical techniques. On increasing the temperature range, the MoO 3 forms nanorod like structure. The synthesized materials are employed as counter electrode in DSSC, showed enhanced power conversion efficiency (PCE) on increasing the calcination temperature range. The maximum PCE of 4.13% is obtained for MoO 3 calcined at 600 °C, which is highly comparable with the high cost platinum CE based DSSC.

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“…3 SSN Research Centre, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 603110, India. 4 State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China. of semiconductor flows through the external circuit and reaches the counter electrode.…”

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Enhanced electrochemical and photovoltaic performance for MoO3 nanorods at different calcination temperature based counter electrode in Pt-free dye-sensitized solar cells applications

Bhojanaa

Kannadhasan²,

Santhosh³

et al. 2020

SN Appl. Sci.

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“…Currently, solar energy is recognized as one of the most promising options to address the issue [1,2]. Various photovoltaic (PV) solar cell technologies are currently being developed in three formats: (1) crystalline silicon (c-Si)-based, (2) thin film-based, and (3) emerging material-based technologies [3,4]. Even though the global PV market share of thin-film PV modules based on CdTe, Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 (CIGS), and a-Si solar cells is currently only less than 5%, while the c-Si-based market far exceeds a 90% share of the market [5], it is obvious that the market will noticeably grow according to technology and industry trends in the near future.…”

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Fabrication and Characterization of Cu2ZnSnSe4 Thin-Film Solar Cells using a Single-Stage Co-Evaporation Method: Effects of Film Growth Temperatures on Device Performances

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Kesterite-structured Cu2ZnSnSe4 (CZTSe) is considered as one of the Earth-abundant and non-toxic photovoltaic materials. CZTSe films have been prepared using a single-step co-evaporation method at a relatively low temperature (i.e., below 500 °C). Due to the volatile nature of tin-selenide, the control over substrate temperature (i.e., growth temperature) is very important in terms of the deposition of high-quality CZTSe films. In this regard, the effects of growth temperatures on the CZTSe film morphology were investigated. The suitable temperature range to deposit CZTSe films with Cu-poor and Zn-rich compositions was 380–480 °C. As the temperature increased, the surface roughness of the CZTSe film decreased, which could improve p/n junction properties and associated device performances. Particularly, according to capacitance-voltage (C-V) and derived-level capacitance profiling (DLCP) measurements, the density of interfacial defects of CZTSe film grown at 480 °C showed the lowest value, of the order of ~3 × 1015 cm−3. Regardless of applied growth temperatures, the formation of a MoSe2 layer was rarely observed, since the growth temperature was not high enough to have a reaction between Mo back contact layers and CZTSe absorber layers. As a result, the photovoltaic (PV) device with CZTSe film grown at 480 °C yielded the best power conversion efficiency of 6.47%. It is evident that the control over film growth temperature is a critical factor for obtaining high-quality CZTSe film prepared by one-step process.

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“…The community's need for energy is currently increasing, along with the increase in population and technological advancement (Ranabhat et al, 2016;Lee et al, 2009). Energy use until 2025 is still dominated by fossil fuels namely petroleum, natural gas and coal (Bryan et al, 2011;Barbose et al, 2014).…”

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Developing a Prototype for Sun Tracker System Based on IoT: Controlled by Mobile App and Online Database Monitoring

Panessai

Lakulu

et al. 2019

American Journal of Applied Sciences

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IoT (Internet of Things) has become a separate research field since the development of internet technology and other communication media. IoT optimizes several tools such as sensor media radio frequency identification, wireless sensor networks and other smart objects that allow humans to easily interact with all devices connected to the internet network. The purpose of this research is to build an IoT-based solar cell tracker which can be controlled through mobile Apps and the data can be read anywhere as long as there is an internet network. In this research used LDR sensor, DHT11 sensor, Voltage sensor and MPU6050 sensor to optimize the performance of the proposed solar cell tracker system. The control system is built using an Appinventor that allows the system to be controlled via cellular phone from a distance. All sensors will be connected via Arduino and realtime data can be viewed through the Thinger.Io web page using Raspberry and mini LCD. ESP8266 NODE MCU microcontroller is used for a Wi-Fi connection. The results of this study indicate that the voltage value generated by dynamic solar cell tracker is greater than the static solar cell tracker. Dual axis sun tracker devices that are built using four LDRs produce an average voltage of 19.40 Volt when the sunny weather, 18.05 Volt when the cloudy weather and 13.60 Volt when the rainy weather.

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An introduction to solar cell technology

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Enhanced electrochemical and photovoltaic performance for MoO3 nanorods at different calcination temperature based counter electrode in Pt-free dye-sensitized solar cells applications

Enhanced electrochemical and photovoltaic performance for MoO3 nanorods at different calcination temperature based counter electrode in Pt-free dye-sensitized solar cells applications

Fabrication and Characterization of Cu2ZnSnSe4 Thin-Film Solar Cells using a Single-Stage Co-Evaporation Method: Effects of Film Growth Temperatures on Device Performances

Developing a Prototype for Sun Tracker System Based on IoT: Controlled by Mobile App and Online Database Monitoring

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