Screening-Engineered Field-Effect Solar Cells

Regan, William; Byrnes, Steven J.; Gannett, Will; Ergen, Onur; Vazquez-Mena, Oscar; Wang, Feng; Zettl, A.

doi:10.1021/nl3020022

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“…Studies on semi-transparent photovoltaics have also been conducted [28,103,[111][112][113][114][115], likewise life cycle assessments (LCA) of photovoltaics [20,55,116,117]. Furthermore, note the study of screening-engineered field-effect solar cells by Regan et al [118]. Other relevant studies on BIPV may also be found in the scientific literature [119][120][121][122][123][124][125][126][127][128].…”

Section: Various Aspectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Building Integrated Photovoltaics: A Concise Description of the Current State of the Art and Possible Research Pathways

Jelle

2015

Energies

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Abstract:Building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) offer an aesthetical, economical and technical solution to integrate solar cells harvesting solar radiation to produce electricity within the climate envelopes of buildings. Photovoltaic (PV) cells may be mounted above or onto the existing or traditional roofing or wall systems. However, BIPV systems replace the outer building envelope skin, i.e., the climate screen, hence serving simultanously as both a climate screen and a power source generating electricity. Thus, BIPV may provide savings in materials and labor, in addition to reducing the electricity costs. Hence, for the BIPV products, in addition to specific requirements put on the solar cell technology, it is of major importance to have satisfactory or strict requirements of rain tightness and durability, where building physical issues like e.g., heat and moisture transport in the building envelope also have to be considered and accounted for. This work, from both a technological and scientific point of view, summarizes briefly the current state-of-the-art of BIPV, including both BIPV foil, tiles, modules and solar cell glazing products, and addresses possible research pathways for BIPV in the years to come.

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Section: Various Aspectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Building Integrated Photovoltaics: A Concise Description of the Current State of the Art and Possible Research Pathways

Jelle

2015

Energies

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“…In 2012, Regan et al demonstrated field‐effect SCs, using a transparent top gate to regulate the potential barrier and the electric field in a metal‐semiconductor junction for the purpose of separating photo generated electron‐hole pairs 80. Zettl et al presented a new type of field‐effect SC utilizing graphene and zinc phosphide (Zn 3 P 2 ) to form a tunable junction barrier thin‐film light absorber 81.…”

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Human‐Like Sensing and Reflexes of Graphene‐Based Films

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Humans have numerous senses, wherein vision, hearing, smell, taste, and touch are considered as the five conventionally acknowledged senses. Triggered by light, sound, or other physical stimulations, the sensory organs of human body are excited, leading to the transformation of the afferent energy into neural activity. Also converting other signals into electronical signals, graphene‐based film shows its inherent advantages in responding to the tiny stimulations. In this review, the human‐like senses and reflexes of graphene‐based films are presented. The review starts with the brief discussions about the preparation and optimization of graphene‐based film, as where as its new progress in synthesis method, transfer operation, film‐formation technologies and optimization techniques. Various human‐like senses of graphene‐based film and their recent advancements are then summarized, including light‐sensitive devices, acoustic devices, gas sensors, biomolecules and wearable devices. Similar to the reflex action of humans, graphene‐based film also exhibits reflex when under thermal radiation and light actuation. Finally, the current challenges associated with human‐like applications are discussed to help guide the future research on graphene films. At last, the future opportunities lie in the new applicable human‐like senses and the integration of multiple senses that can raise a revolution in bionic devices.

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“…Under this reasonable (but not always true [65]) limit, the total areal charge summed over both electrodes must be equal and opposite to the total charge within the active layer, or…”

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Theory of Current Transients in Planar Semiconductor Devices: Insights and Applications to Organic Solar Cells

2015

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Time-domain current measurements are widely used to characterize semiconductor material properties, such as carrier mobility, doping concentration, carrier lifetime, and the static dielectric constant. It is therefore critical that these measurements be theoretically understood if they are to be successfully applied to assess the properties of materials and devices. In this paper, we derive generalized relations for describing current-density transients in planar semiconductor devices at uniform temperature. By spatially averaging the charge densities inside the semiconductor, we are able to provide a rigorous, straightforward, and experimentally relevant way to interpret these measurements. The formalism details several subtle aspects of current transients, including how the electrode charge relates to applied bias and internal space charge, how the displacement current can alter the apparent free-carrier current, and how to understand the integral of a charge-extraction transient. We also demonstrate how the formalism can be employed to derive the current transients arising from simple physical models, like those used to describe charge extraction by linearly increasing voltage (CELIV) and time-of-flight experiments. In doing so, we find that there is a nonintuitive factor-of-2 reduction in the apparent free-carrier concentration that can be easily missed, for example, in the application of charge-extraction models. Finally, to validate our theory and better understand the different current contributions, we perform a full time-domain drift-diffusion simulation of a CELIV trace and compare the results to our formalism. As expected, our analytic equations match precisely with the numerical solutions to the drift-diffusion, Poisson, and continuity equations. Thus, overall, our formalism provides a straightforward and general way to think about how the internal space-charge distribution, the electrode charge, and the externally applied bias translate into a measured current transient in a planar semiconductor device.

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Screening-Engineered Field-Effect Solar Cells

Cited by 57 publications

References 23 publications

Building Integrated Photovoltaics: A Concise Description of the Current State of the Art and Possible Research Pathways

Building Integrated Photovoltaics: A Concise Description of the Current State of the Art and Possible Research Pathways

Human‐Like Sensing and Reflexes of Graphene‐Based Films

Theory of Current Transients in Planar Semiconductor Devices: Insights and Applications to Organic Solar Cells

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